{"id":29254,"date":"2021-09-27T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29254"},"modified":"2021-09-27T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:00:40","slug":"diocese-of-niagara-church-blesses-a-rainbow-crosswalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-niagara-church-blesses-a-rainbow-crosswalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of Niagara church blesses a rainbow crosswalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of blessing everything that has nothing to do with Christianity, The Reverend Jody Balint, rector of St. James and St. Brendan&#8217;s Parish, Port Colborne has bestowed her ecclesiastical benediction upon the town\u2019s new rainbow crosswalk; in the hope that all who step on it become a little gayer.<\/p>\n<p>It shines brighter now.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraanglican.ca\/newspaper\/docs\/2021\/october.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29255\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-27_092337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-27_092337.jpg 936w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-27_092337-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-27_092337-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-27_092337-500x284.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>On September 1, The Reverend Jody Balint had the honour and privilege of blessing Port Colborne\u2019s new rainbow crosswalk, a symbol of diversity and inclusiveness for the area. The painting of the crosswalk was an initiative of the Downtown Port Colborne Business Improvement Association and supported by several partners, including St. James and St. Brendan\u2019s Anglican Church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Someone should have warned them that to fully consummate your theatrical posturing, you have to wear a mask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of blessing everything that has nothing to do with Christianity, The Reverend Jody Balint, rector of St. James and St. Brendan&#8217;s Parish, Port Colborne has bestowed her ecclesiastical benediction upon the town\u2019s new rainbow crosswalk; in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-niagara-church-blesses-a-rainbow-crosswalk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[2686],"class_list":["post-29254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-niagara","tag-rev-jody-balint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}