Last Sunday, a New Jersey Lutheran church celebrated the transition of its pastor from womanhood to manhood. The Rev. Rose Beeson became the Rev. Peter Beeson.
The rhetoric surrounding the move was predictable and typical of our age. The phrase “radically inclusive” was used by one congregant to describe the parish. I suspect that such “radical inclusion” is probably not as unqualified as the term suggests. Klansmen are unlikely to be included in the franchise. Nor are those who affirm the historic Christian view of marriage as between one man and one woman. It is likely that such persons will be dismissed as bigots. And I doubt very much that those who see the body as fundamental to gender—from the left or the right—will feel particularly “included,” either. T.E.R.F.s are hated by the transgender lobby as much as any right-wing crazy might be. The phrase “radically inclusive” actually means “radically exclusive in conformity with whatever the mores du jour happen to be.”
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