Many gay men and women lost their lives or loved ones during the morning of the 11th. How many? If we consider those not yet out, it is difficult to calculate, but at that moment it didn't matter. What mattered, if only for a moment, is that the nation experienced togetherness and unity. All people, including gays, felt the embrace of the entire country and many around the world. Mark Bingham is just one of many gay people deemed a hero for his efforts to liberate and protect an airplane filled with people of diverse backgrounds. His focus, like others such as Father Mychal Judge, was one of protection of human life. They didn't seek to help and protect only gays. They risked their lives for everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, because a human life is one to cherish and death does not discriminate.
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Most of us first heard of Father Mychal Judge, the late New York fire chaplain and "saint of 9/11", from that iconic photo of his body being carried from Ground Zero.
Yet even prior to his heroic death on 9/11, Father Mychal was widely seen by many New Yorkers as a living saint for his deep spirituality and his extraordinary work with the homeless, recovering alcoholics, people with AIDS, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and others rejected by society -- besides his beloved firefighters.
Father Mychal was also openly gay, though celibate. He blessed and supported committed gay relationships asking, “Is there so much love in the world that we can afford to discriminate against any kind of love ?”
This often annoyed the church hierarchy. But like his spiritual father St. Francis of Assisi, Mychal reported directly to a Higher Authority, as evidenced by several miraculous healings through him.
For further information on Father Mychal, I invite you to visit:
http://SaintMychalJudge.blogspot.com
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