Mon chere cheres! (Translated, that means, “People even more dear to me than Cher!”),
A dilemma! Say you’ve been given the honor of being asked to read or to pray at a big, interfaith worship service… say, just for pure hypotheticals n’ stuff — BOSTON PRIDE, 2007. Just, you know, hypothetically-ish.
So you know you’re going to be out marching for a couple of hours, but you want to look nice for church.
Or do you?
If you’re in a choral ensemble and wearing your team tee-shirts with the ensemble’s name on it, that’s okay.
If you’re an attendee, that’s also fine.
But if you’re representing a religous community, I just have to vote for a step up from slogan tee-shirt for the church service segment of your day. Could we not, for example, wear our slogan tee-shirt under a nicely buttoned shirt while we’re in a presiding role? PeaceBang thinks such things can be fairly easily worked out. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
And after all, Dr. King never marched in sneakers and tees.
I’m a fan of the tee under a blazer option, though in summer that can be a challenge.
not even a nicely ironed, well fitting polo shirt?
I just realized that I will be preaching at my church Sunday evening, after being one of the “poster brides” in our gay pride parade, without time to go home & change. Hmm. perhaps I need to pack a change of clothes. I do need to look more like the minister than the bride. : )