From Twitter 09-07-2010

• 13:31:33: @sbrettell Yes. I have just found out that Mark Masonry has some financial difficulties over here due to problems with catering.
  
• 13:46:27: Good afternoon, all. Odd weather here in London: rainy one moment, sunny the next. Recuperating from yesterday's excursion to Mark & RAM.
  
• 18:36:17: Next up: Pope admits he's a Roman Catholic; bear defecates in forest... RT @bbcnews: Tube strike brings major delays http://bbc.in/99zACD
  
• 21:13:08: I can cook but I'm taken... RT @soveren: ok i wanna hav a bf who can cook. anyone? <3
  
• 21:17:34: @MisterDude Actually her only French title is Duke of Normandy due to the Channel Islands.
  
• 21:29:51: @jonk No US news day after Labo(u)r Day, I suppose.
  
• 23:08:18: Just managed to access an old email account: 12444 email messages, 99-44/100% of which are spam[tm]...
  

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Today's Clerical URL

Thanks to Bishop Nick Baines's blog, we have here the British Pathé take on a 1961 Southwark Clergy Conference, held at a Butlins Holiday Camp. It doesn't seem to embed well, so the link will have to do.

The part of the commentary where the announcer calls it a "big gay holiday camp" was certainly the case when Mervyn Stockwood was the Bishop of Southwark.

The Temple of the Gay Rabbit God

I have occasionally heard enthusiastic cries of "God is gay!" from Christian and Jewish friends. However, there is a Taoist temple in Taipei which is dedicated to the gay rabbit god. Pictures and the story are courtesy of our friend Chan, married to our friend George, in Singapore, in his blog Chinatownology, which extols the virtues of Singapore's Chinatown area.

I especially took to heart the last two paragraphs of the story:

Moving beyond Taiwan, a deity in charge of gay relationships is refreshing news. In many countries, religious condemnation and criminal persecution of the homosexuals is very common.

In a landscape of bigotry and ignorance, the Rabbit God arises as one who not only does not condemn gay individuals but assists in their search for love. That explains the international interest in the Gay Rabbit Temple.