A Tale Of Two...Celebrations

Easter + Trans Day Of Visibility = Don't Be Tardy To This Party

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

Charles Dickens, A Tale Of Two Cities

Given my low opinion of Sister Christians and Team Clutch-The-Earls-And-Pearls and my high regard for Family/Team Trans, I can’t think of a more apropos calendar event than Trans Day Of Visibility falling on Easter.

While I’m far from a religious practitioner or scholar, I think Jesus would approve of this coincidence. (No, this is no “alphabet mafia” conspiracy…Trans Day Of Visibility has been on March 31 for 15 years. Without much fuss or muss.)

Jesus’s supposed followers are pissed off to say the least. At least online, these “ladies” (and “gents”) doth protest too much. Too loudly and often too. About every mf’ing thing under the Sun. Some for the right reasons. Most for the wrong. In my opinion. You’re welcome to your own. But this is my blog, so here’s the headlines I find funny, ironic, and/or pathetic this “holy” day:

• Donald Trump Selling Bibles Sparks Fury From Christians—'Blasphemous Grift' (Khaleda Rahman/Newsweek) 🤬🙄

• This Easter, Is Christianity Still Promulgating Antisemitism?
  (James Carroll/The New Yorker) 🙅‍♂️☮️

• Trump camp calls on Biden to apologize for declaring Easter 'Trans Day of Visibility' (Anugrah Kumar/The Christian Post) 🏳️‍⚧️🐇

• Rooting Out ‘Woke’: One Church Leader’s Mission to Rescue Christianity From Cultural Marxism (Tyler O’Neil/The Daily Signal) ⛪️👎

To be clear, I have a low opinion of anyone who feels the need to announce their status as a “Christian.” If I don’t ask, there’s no need to tell. Same for other religions. The difference is most non-”Christians” aren’t as up in my business all the time. Gotta have faith? Do you, boo. Do you.

I try to be as respectful of everyone’s right to have and practice their faith of choice.
If only everyone was as respectful of my choice to not have or practice one.
But since that’s never going to happen, I might as well dance…and laugh.

While I think most of Christianity is as cheap, cracked, and hollow as a dollar-store chocolate Easter egg, I do hope those with genuine faith celebrate with love and peace in their hearts.

While I think there are a few bad actors in the Family/Team Trans, every family is full of a few amateur thespians…and lesbians. I not only see trans people…I love them too. Mostly. (Maybe I am Christian? lol)

I don’t know much about Jesus or his teachings. But one of the things I do remember from my brief stint in Bible school is he might’ve hated banking but he did not hate bankers. I’m the son of a banker (who could also be another word that begind with B), so I try not to hate them…or other “sinners.”

Jesus did not hate people.
He did not preach hate.
And he did not sell Bibles to pay his legal bills.

Maybe Sister Christians (and the Family Ughs) need to (re)read their “good” book. All of it. Since most of them like to cherry-pick scripture, I’ve chosen a verse attribute to from the resurrected one himself:

A new commandment I give unto you, That
ye love one another; as I have loved you, that
ye also love one another.

 By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 13:34-35

“Christians” who can’t comprehend this commandment or consider it too “woke” are zealots and zombies, cheerleading for the apocalypse, and looking for fresh brains to devour until it arrives.

“Christians” may think Jesus is coming back for them, but if you were him…
Would you come back to clean up their mess?

To our Trans extended family…here’s wishing you and yours a Happy Trans Day Of Visibility. We see you. You are love and light. And whether you observe Easter or not, you’re still our kinda Peeps: colorful, cute, and sweet.

Don’t let the zombies get to you…or your brain, heart, or nerve.

Thanks for reading!
Clint

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