This is my first post to my new blogging site. As a beginning, I just sent this letter to the editor of the (New Orleans, Louisiana) Times Picayune:

I wonder why those in the conservative religious community who cheered the Louisiana Legislature's prohibiting gay/lesbian marriages, were so profoundly silent when the same legislature made it legal for two heterosexual drunks to meet on Bourbon Street and get married without the 72-hour waiting period. It seems to me a peculiar silence for those whose objections to Gay marriage include a grave concern for the sanctity of marriage. Why are straight drunks who have known each other only a few hours less threatening to the success of marriage than two gay people who have lived together faithfully for years?

I also wonder about the motives of the "ministers" who perform these quickie marriages. Maybe it's the same motive as the legislature: its a way to make a quick buck. Is it homophobia? Cynicism? Hypocrisy? Or just plain greed? Maybe all of the above?

The Rev'd Glynn C. Harper