Joe, I deal with people in our Church as a lay person also. It never ceases to amaze me just how many ways you can offend someones senses. That kind of attitude shows here in this very thread. No matter what you do or what you say, you will be damned if you do and damned if you dont. But the people who are the most vocal probably have not walked a mile in your shoes. They have never been faced with the problem or even care to look at both sides of the problem.If you were to come to my Church and sing the The Lords Prayer, I'm sure some small minded individual would have a fit because you weren't part of the Choir and would want to know what right you had to sing that.

The trouble with this world is there is no tolerance for anything or anyone, except for what I think is right or wrong. The feeling is that If you don't agree with my thoughts you are wrong. People will not think or even give justification to sensibilities. They just kneejerk. The easist thing is to tell someone they are wrong and shouldnt do that again. I dont recall anyone putting forth suggestions on how to contact the ANONYMOUS parent and try to educate her. Heck she probably lets her kid watch Kung foo pictures and whatever on the television.

To my way of thinking, Even my boss The Jewish Carpenter had to put up with fearful, narrow minded public sentiment. The only difference is that he had a Plan. He pushed the heck out of the envelope. Good luck

Sailor Dan