[keltic63]

Originally Posted by Jamie McDaniel

Just to stir thought, I looked up the word phony in my thesaurus. It is an adjective and here are the results: false, fake, counterfeit, bogus, artificial, feigned, forged, spurious, sham, pretentious, deceiving, insincere, deceptive, impostor, hypocrite, fraud, hoax.

So I am very glad when it is stated that people of faith ought never to work for such a peace.

That's kind of like putting on the "Protestant Smile" and pretending that everything is just fine. It reminds me of a talk a gave (as the sermon actually) a few months ago at my church. Nearly everyone in the congregation knows that I'm gay, but for some reason they thought this sermon was going to be a "coming out" speech. They all got some nervous smiles as I began the talk. Of course, they were relieved that I didn't talk about being gay. It does seem that being silent preserves the status quo, and we definitely should not work for that kind of peace. I am hoping to begin conversations with my church about becoming an Open and Affirming congregation. (Plans are being formed )