Is the Presbyterian Church Harmful to My Health - Part 11

Apparently, Donna had not e-mailed Erin the truth about me or any offensive pictures, since the next morning I showed up at Sixth Presbyterian, and I had not been kicked out of the Presbyterian Church yet! I’m glad I was still welcome because that day a lesbian minister preached. I’d like to say a bit here about what it is like for me to go to a More Light church. Years ago, at Noe Valley Presbyterian, I had been able to see Rev. Janie Spahr preach. After that, the whole congregation followed her down to the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, and we marched with her. My cousin Richard Sharpnack also marched with us. It had been an incredible experience for me.

It was a very moving experience for me to be able to have a lesbian minister at a Presbyterian church. It had been very moving the time I’d been given my first communion by a lesbian minister at this church. It was great to see all the lesbians show up to support this minister, and it was great to have her preaching. I get upset with MLP, but this shows the great work they’ve done, that this type of thing can happen, so that everyone has a chance to serve and be represented.

After the service was a fun time because they were putting more pressure on to go to the ball game. A lesbian in the church had made it her mission to see that a lot of people signed up. She had purchased two baseballs to be signed by the congregation and given to John Matta. This got the older men excited. They were lurking around the table with the baseballs, joking that they should sign "Babe Ruth." It got many of them to sign up. One of the lesbians took the balls around and made sure everyone signed, and this got others interested in attending. Bobbie was there, and our friendship deepened. Bobbie agreed to go to the game and continued to tease me about Pedro Martinez. Then I went and got the car and gave Bobbie a ride home. Our friendship got closer as we chatted on the way to her apartment building.

To be continued…