METHODISTS SEE RED OVER INDIGO

You wouldn't have thought there'd be much room for moral outrage at Anaheim's United Methodist Women's Assembly. But this year, there is.

Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls had been invited as a keynote speaker, and quite apart from those Methodists who can't abide pop-folk, there's great upsetment at a lesbian - and an out, lesbianing lesbian, of all things - being invited to give a talk:

"...Even if Ms. Saliers does not openly advocate for the acceptance of homosexual practice in the Assembly presentations, her public recognition as a lesbian icon puts the Women's Division in the place of endorsing the lesbian lifestyle and of offending the women of the church," said Faye Short, president of RENEW, a conservative women's organization.

Oh, come on Faye - she's promised she won't spend any time talking about the joys of fingers, what more do you want?

And, frankly, suggesting she's a lesbian icon is overselling her slightly - it's not like she's Phranc or anything.

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