Thanks for this funny and wonderful posting. Yes, Eva Mondon is one of our infamous Lesbian Quakers here in Putney, Vermont. I’ve passed this story on to her. Eva would love to offer civil union to more couples, especially lesbian, as a Justice of the Peace.
She is not only famous in Putney Meeting as one of our former released Friends working with women survivors of sexual abuse, but also as a Peace Corps teacher in more than one part of the world and worked in sugar cane fields in Cuba where she jumped out of line to hug Fidel himself, and convened our wedding oversight committee in her spare time.
I am not sure Fayetteville meeting means to draw Rev Phelps back to town, but should that happen, please recall the plan other groups have used upon his visit. Use it as a fund raiser. Contact queer & AIDS & peace & justice groups in the area to get folks to donate x$ for every hour dear Fred is there. This way you can cheerfully welcome him and know that he is contributing to your cause.
Thanks for this news update. Yes, good to have news other than military news. Thanks for all your good work across Quakerdom. So glad you are in the parade of characters called Quakers.