Currents

We were in Portland's Pride Parade this past Saturday. I took M&M, and it was great, the questions it raised in our family. There were a lot of dancing superheroes, in spandex, and platform heels, and mostly men dressed as women and women dressed as men - it's pretty fun to watch one's own children put their values about celebrating diversity to the test. It's pretty fun to watch what's happening inside my own head....It was a day to be proud of being at First U, and very proud to be living in Maine.

 

And, things are changing with regards to the equal rights that all Americans should have, and the puritanical male-female-either-or that it's time to leave behind with regards to our understanding of human sexuality, gender and love....Apparently, even the Boy Scouts are starting to march to a different tune in Utah:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/two-boy-scout-leaders-membership-may-revoked-marching-220431746--abc-news-topstories.html

The article ends with a very displeased Boy Scout of America spokesperson insisting that these Troup leaders "disobeyed": "It is unfortunately that these individuals chose to use a youth program to seek attention for themselves and to advance a personal agenda. When individuals inadvertently or willfully choose not to follow BSA regulations, we remind them of Scouting's policies and that to simply disobey a rule because you disagree with it is not an example to set for youth." That would be an unfortunate example to set for youth. On the other hand, if what you're doing is teaching youth that the amazing range of human diversity is no accident, and that to celebrate the true nature of other people allows room for your own soul to grow and bloom, and that, by the way, it's un-American, unconstitutional, and non-biblical to discriminate against people who are different than you, well then, that might be a really good example to set.