tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post4208153473778633374..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Gay saints of 9/11: Mychal Judge and Mark BinghamKittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-55492632717677792010-09-23T14:23:55.352-07:002010-09-23T14:23:55.352-07:00I just added a link to a moving 9/11 memorial page...I just added a link to a moving 9/11 memorial page with photos and bios of many more LGBT victims and heroes of Sept. 11:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/uraniamanuscripts/sept11.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/uraniamanuscripts/sept11.html</a><br /><br />Special thanks to Bill of the Bilgrimage blog for introducing me to the queer 9/11 memorial site.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-85977457773480576802010-09-16T16:12:46.539-07:002010-09-16T16:12:46.539-07:00CJ-- always LOVE what you have to say. So thought...CJ-- always LOVE what you have to say. So thoughtful and insightful, and clever. Where do all these brilliant lesbians come from? Where do they all come from...la la la.Turtle Womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-21231670827996204022010-09-15T16:34:57.633-07:002010-09-15T16:34:57.633-07:00I’m glad that you all appreciate my post on 9/11. ...I’m glad that you all appreciate my post on 9/11. CJ, thanks for the memories and insights about 9/11, Mark Bingham, and the politics of sports! Trudie, your “go for it” resounds in my heart, and I have some good news: <br /><br />I’ll be posting some fascinating material about peaceful dialogue between Muslims and Christians very soon -- on St. Francis Day, Oct. 4. I discovered that St. Francis tried to make with Muslims during the Crusades. I didn’t know that until this week when I started doing research about St. Francis and animals. Trudie’s offer to do pet portraits will be officially announced for St. Francis Day, too.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-63140897805585064832010-09-15T15:09:42.513-07:002010-09-15T15:09:42.513-07:00Wonderful 9-11 post Kitt. And I absolutely agree a...Wonderful 9-11 post Kitt. And I absolutely agree about the two ways of being a saint (gay or otherwise, actually): prayer and resistance (Jesus *and* Justice).<br /><br />Mark's story has additional resonance for me because of something else we share- an over the top love for the University of California Golden Bears. In addition to his love for Rugby, Mark was a huge fan of all things Cal. <br /><br />During one of the early 9-11 anniversaries (my memory says 2005, but that could be wrong) the local news here showed a brief video clip of his mom and friends @ the memorial in Pennsylvania, where they had left a small teddy bear all done out in blue and gold and Cal regalia. And in the video, they were shown doing a big Gooooooooo Bears! near the site in his honor. <br /><br />I remember thinking at the time that if it had been someone who was a Notre Dame fan or an Alabama fan or a Texas fan, that that bit would probably have gotten played up as part of an "All American" kind of story about the goodness and value of sports, etc. But when the hero is gay, and the school is Berkeley, and what's being celebrated is how commitment to progressive values and tolerance is every bit as "All American," as being conservative, I guess it somehow ruins the narrative for people. Melissa's song very much reinforced those feelings for me. You can't change or erase this, dammit. We're part of this "us," too, whether you like it or not or want to admit it or not, and we *will* fight - for our country *and* for our right to be fairly and equally treated, here and around the world.CJ Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-44203957399567529972010-09-13T08:07:20.528-07:002010-09-13T08:07:20.528-07:00Go for it, Kitt! Anything at all that will call a...Go for it, Kitt! Anything at all that will call attention to the indisputable fact that the true story of the 9/11 attacks has not been told by the mainstream media and that Islam is NOT our enemy will help. Our enemy, after all, is hatred, bigotry and falsehood, whether we are gay, female, or simply humans trying to learn about love.Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-54662378478954880002010-09-11T16:26:14.995-07:002010-09-11T16:26:14.995-07:00Thanks, Turtle Woman, I wondered if there were any...Thanks, Turtle Woman, I wondered if there were any Melissa Etheridge fans reading this blog.<br /><br />Most of the news coverage today is about the controversy over the mosque that may be built near Ground Zero. I'm thinking of promoting Christian-Islamic understanding with a post about Islamic gay Sufi mystics as seen in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062509055?ie=UTF8&tag=jesusinloveor-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0062509055" rel="nofollow">The Essential Gay Mystics</a> by Andrew Harvey.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-22589758785158406972010-09-11T15:24:46.666-07:002010-09-11T15:24:46.666-07:00This is good stuff. I don't think a lot of pe...This is good stuff. I don't think a lot of people know the whole story of this, including the Melissa Etheridge song!Turtle Womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-91828652255193322172010-09-11T09:31:00.809-07:002010-09-11T09:31:00.809-07:00I blogged about Father Mychal last year on 9/11, b...I blogged about Father Mychal last year on 9/11, but this year I added Mark Bingham -- thanks to a suggestion from Stephen. I believe that the addition has enriched my presentation of 9/11 -- showing two contrasting ways of being a proactive gay saint/hero -- prayer and resistance.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-83760630533630665932010-09-11T05:04:57.619-07:002010-09-11T05:04:57.619-07:00An absolutely magnificent post and memorial for 9/...An absolutely magnificent post and memorial for 9/11. Thanks for again sharing these wonderful icons and the accompanying stories.Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.com