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\u201cFirst female bishop seated in Niagara\u201d trumpets the headline<\/a>. The significance of the event seems to pivot on the \u201cfemale\u201d aspect of the seating rather than the overall qualifications of the bishop \u2013 which could be stellar, of course; we shall see.<\/p>\n Stirring cello melodies, gleeful banter of children, inspired words, reflection and invitation, moving intercessions mingled with familiar hymnody and the loving words shared by Jesus millennia ago were some of the sounds that poignantly filled Christ\u2019s Church Cathedral Hamilton as Bishop Susan Bell was seated as the 12th diocesan bishop of Niagara.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As is so often the case when the church chases cultural fads, it has already been outdone by the inane conceit it seeks to emulate. Were it truly abreast of the latest in non-binary, gender-fluid inclusivity, the headline would read: \u201cFirst femxle bishop seated in Niagara\u201d.<\/p>\n From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n In England, \u2018womxn\u2019 is in, as activists try to replace word \u2018woman\u2019 in the name of inclusiveness.<\/p>\n There have been womon, womyn and even wimmin. Now activists at British universities have settled on womxn as the latest attempt to replace the words woman\/women.<\/p>\n Confusingly, King\u2019s College in London, England, has the KCL Women in Physics student society and the Womxn in Physics Society.<\/p>\n The KCL womxn society, says a website, was founded to address \u201cthe issue of underrepresentation of women and non-binary people in the physics department at King\u2019s College London.\u201d<\/p>\n It adds, \u201cThis society aims to act as a safe space for all minorities in the field of physics.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cFirst female bishop seated in Niagara\u201d trumpets the headline. The significance of the event seems to pivot on the \u201cfemale\u201d aspect of the seating rather than the overall qualifications of the bishop \u2013 which could be stellar, of course; we … Continue reading