[Magdalen] Cathedral choir to sing

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I agree that the Cathedral's reputation must not be sullied by any
association with this dreadful group. I suspect they made these
arrangements well in advance, and they just assumed the qualified candidate
would win and this would all be over, and things would go on more or less
as planned. But since that is not happening, changes need to be made.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys is scheduled to sing for the
> inauguration next week.  This seems to me to be highly inappropriate. What
> message will it send to the children in the choir, let alone the general
> public? It will seem to be an endorsement of Trump's speech and behavior
> that are not in any way representative of Christian principles.
>
> I've written to the Dean, the Very Reverend Randolph Hollerith, at
> dean at cathedral.org to ask that he reconsider. If even some members of the
> Rockettes and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, to say nothing of other
> musicians, have refused to participate as a matter of principle, surely the
> Cathedral should do no less.
>
> I think the prayer service is more or less mandated--and certainly the new
> president and vice-president need prayer, as we all do. But that can be
> done without the choir;s participation.
>
> Just my $ .02 worth
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>