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   Monday, May 15, 2006

   ZIP-A-DEE-DO-DAH, ZIP-A-DEE-AY

I'm in such a good mood today, even Office Hell can't bring me down (though it's trying its damnedest) -- I went out for lunch in the gorgeous sun, I bought a new pair of my beloved Chuck Taylor sneakers and I had the brilliant new Pet Shop Boys album pounding through my headphones.

Why, I'm so jolly, I didn't blink an eye when I read this transcript of Sunday's sermon from Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr., pastor of the 7,000-strong Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church, in Washington, D.C.:

"It takes a real man to confess Jesus as lord and savior. I'm not talking about no faggot or no sissy. Wait a minute! Let all the real men come on down here and take a bow. All the real men -- I'm talking about the straight men. You ain't funny, and you ain't cranky, but you're straight. Come on down here and walk around and praise God that you are straight. Thank him that you're straight. All the straight men that's proud to be a Christian, that's proud to be a man of God."

And my family wonders why I don't go to church.

But you see? Any other day and I'd be all "Church this, Bishop that, grr, grr" but today? I found that friggin' hilarious! "Thank you, Jesus, for making me straight" -- that is comedy gold! And it's so nice of Bishop Owens to define the terms for us. Now I can proudly say:
I'm funny, I'm cranky, I'm gay!

Labels: Pet Shop Boys, religion