[tellw]

Worth noting too that probably the most important Episcopal saint's day is All Saints Day (it even gets celebrated on the Sunday *after* November 1).

If the ECUSA feels compelled to do this as a civil rights statement, I would prefer the church beatified Martin Luther King, Jr. At least King was a Christian clergyman.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, our local ECUSA diocese appears to have sainted MLKjr.

At the last Diocesan Choral Festival I participated in (before I finally swam the Tiber), one of the anthems began, "Holy Martin, Blessed Martyr." I couldn't bring myself to sing it . . .

The more heterodox dioceses in ECUSA (like Atlanta, which is led by one of the delegation that crashed the party at Nottingham uninvited to explain why gay is not only not sinful, but Good) have become indistinguishable from UU congregations - just ultra-liberal social action organizations - but with pretty vestments and better music.

[PAR35]

I would prefer the church beatified Martin Luther King, Jr.

Do you want to honor him for his adultry, or his plagarism? Come to think of it, it would fit in fairly well with the modern ECUSA.

[Agrarian]

MLK has indeed been sainted by ECUSA, if their calendars and liturgical services are any indication.