Gay Director Fired by Catholic Church conducts 20th Anniv. of Gay Chorus

This is Joseph Nadeau. After being fired by his catholic church for being...being...GAY, some feel like lashing out against the Catholic church. OK, but that institution moves at a millennial pace. Remember, all their services were still in Latin until the 60s. LATIN! Sheesh! And they asked Mr. Nadeua to take a vow of celibacy! Just look at this handsome man! Cruel people, the Catholics.

But, I'm in a good mood after a fun evening with a gentleman friend of mine, so I thought I'd rather learn about the people that are supporting Mr. Joseph P. Nadeau through this trying time:



Gay Choruses have become a robust meeting place for gay and gay-friendly people since the 1980s with n growing presence in our culture. Currently, the only Professional Choir in the US is an all male chorus from San Francisco, Chanticleer, that hasn't embraced the gay branding idea in order to make their product more marketable. About 200 choruses nationwide exist that identify themselves as "gay choruses."

While the early years of formation for GALA, the Gay and Lesbian Chorus Association, certainly emphasized the community and diversity missions, some choruses have become well-known for their quality musical performances and recordings.

The Homeland Men's Chorus of Kansas City certainly takes a more conservative tack in their publicity than our local Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus, any gay individual who finds themselves stuck in the social quagmire of mid-West ethics has a place to turn where they will be welcomed with open arms and a lot of sympathetic ears.

Whether the Homeland Men's Chorus is the finest choir in Kansas City is beside the point when you consider the dual mission of these types of organizations. Still, they may end up surprising us all.

If you've heard this choir, or have friends in this choir, I encourage you to post your experiences and comments.

Meanwhile, take a look at the site and their upcoming 20th Anniversary concert.

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PS - In the interest of disclosure, I have a masters and doctors degree in choral conducting and am the conductor of a church choir in Seattle that welcomes anyone who is brave enough to join us on a Sunday morning!

And? So? Tolerance doesn't seem to be there. Christ taught hate and exclusion?

No wonder so many of us call organized religion nothing other than BS.

That church that fired him is in my neighborhood.

Wish I could afford to go hear them sing.

All choirs have various volunteer apparati. You could be a host for an evening.

Then, of course, come back and tell us how it went. :)

like young Tony Perkins:

let them know{the church} how you feel about this with your comments.

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For those following this, I have not heard back from the JoCo KEC. This is a bad time to get people at home on their computers. If I have not heard back by this afternoon when I get home I will start making the appropriate calls and I will let you all know what they are going to do. For now I would just send him email of support and the church some very polite but pointed emails about what you think of this.

I emailed her asking for Nadeau's contact info so we could send letters of support. Here is her response:

yes, I know.
It makes me as well as many others, sick. It is the new monsignor that did it. The previous priest was good with Joe. Many people have gone to the bishop, and were told that it is the priest's perogative whether he should stay or go. A new monsignor (an ass) has come in, and made the decision that Joe should go.

I will ask Joe if he would like the support of your friends. My guess is that after this article, he'll have a lot of support that he didn't have earlier. The thing is, he is Catholic, I mean very Catholic. His dad is a priest. Joe was fired earlier, people were pissed, and just this last week, they had a special service for him, and he sat there and went through it. I 'think' that he was told that it would be for the good of the Church as well as unity of the Church if he were to go through this little ceremony. I can think of no other reason that he would have come back for that. Well, for the kids he would have.

Keep me in the loop on this one.
Thanks,

I think I will send her info about KEC. There may be some members of her church interested in joining now! :)