Agree or disagree. Believe or do not believe. But we can be better versions of who we are – at Christmas and in the days that follow.
Santa may still be suspect. January 6th is no longer first spoken as a day of joy, at least in many parts of America. But The Three Kings, splotched by glued, and Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph with his chipped scalp, remain part of my Christmas.=
As an elder gay man, it troubles me that the queer community is not recognizing that society – not just American society – is veering dangerously toward a place we have not been since the 1930s. If power makes right, and the rule of law is a nicety that can easily be dismissed when it interferes with the agenda of the powerful, the guardrails that have protected us – queer people – will no longer stand.