Several weeks ago, I was preparing my Sunday bulletin and was searching on the internet for an icon of the Saints commemorated on that day – October 20 – the Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus of Syria. I was shocked to discover that some elements in our society have proclaimed them Patron Saints of Same Sex Marriage and that icons of these holy martyrs have been distributed at Gay Pride events. Something I was told at Camp Nazareth last summer made sense…. During one of the clergy discussions with the teenagers, a young woman shared that someone in her family “had an icon of two gay saints”. Read more...