That’s because June is Pride Month, a time when ACoC clergy can abandon themselves to urges that must lurk suppressed the rest of the year beneath their black frocks and fossil-fuel derived plastic white collars: four glorious weeks of homoerotic public cavorting, a non-binary bacchanalia of barrenness.
To that end, the Diocese of Niagara is having a 2SLGBTQIA+ “worship experience” on June 12th in its cathedral:
Not to be outdone, the youth of St. Aidan’s in the Huron diocese have, under the tutelage of the rector, been painting rainbow doors:
Youth at a London, Ont., church are showing their support for the LGBTQ2+ community with a bright and colourful art installation.
St. Aidan’s Anglican Church unveiled its “God’s Doors are Open to All” project on Saturday.
“It’s an installation of multi-coloured doors in the colours of the rainbow as a reminder to all who are LGBTQ2+ that our church is a safe (and) welcoming space,” said Kevin George, the rector of St. Aidan’s.
Ironically, in the 2SLGBTQIA+ etc, etc, “community”, all is not rainbows and fairy dust. There is racism and discrimination:
People of colour say racism, exclusion, fetishization, rampant in LGBTQ+ communities
When Lia Mighty came out as lesbian, she thought she would find solace in the community of “rainbows, unicorns and love”; rather, she experienced “racial comments and discrimination.”“I’ve been called n—-r at least eight times within the LGBTQ+ community,” said Mighty, a musician and model from Montreal.
The ACoC is constantly lamenting that it is riddled with systemic racism; no wonder it feels so at home revelling in this milieu.