[Sca-cooks] Clerical Persona was Fw: ***A Message From Bish. I'm O.K.

[Patricia Collum]

I just realized from this line that both of the old-time SCA members who
have clerical personas are gay/bi, but the two newer (joined since I did 7-8
yrs. ago) were not. I guess times they are a-changing.

Cecily
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> In a message dated 12/26/02 3:59:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> adamantius.magister at verizon.net writes:
>
>
> > As it seems you may have learned by now, clerical personae of various
> > sorts seem to be semi-and-unofficially reserved for gay and bisexual
> > SCAdians. In theory, such titles are not officially sanctioned by the
> > SCA, because of the SCA, Inc.'s refusal to espouse one religion over
> > another, or to officially support religious activities at our events.
> >
>
> Why only gay and bisexual SCAdians? I mean i'm not complaining but it
seems a
> little odd having it reserved for one group of people within the SCA.
> Mysterious are the ways of the SCA......and the discussion was on Bishop
> Greco, not Geoffrey.
>
> Misha