| Andir said: Tell me about it. My cousin married a "Quaker" (these still exist?) girl over the weekend. No alcohol or dancing at the reception. It was quite possibly the most dry and conservative weddings I've ever seen in my life. The media of course caters to these people because they are the most outspoken and bring in ratings. The rest of us just ignore it, though it probably puts a false image on the "states" as a highly religious place. The fact is there is a fine line of fanatic religious freaks that seem to be the most outspoken from what I've seen and those of us that don't freak out over this stuff just don't make for good news. But there are still those that firmly believe that a magical being controls the world and he/she/it could never, ever be forced to prove it's existance. That would be blasphemy. Have faith! Just believe what I tell you because I said so. |
Andir,
I am a Quaker. Actually my whole family is Quaker. My sister got married at the First Meeting House in Philadelphia. Guess what we had drinking and dancing at the reception. No the actual wedding may have been dry compared to what a traditional relgion may be as it is much more simple but what you described sounds nothing like the Quaker religion I know.
True I can't swear oaths or make pledges. I can't go to war or fight, but as a whole Quakers are very liberal. Many Quakers are pro choice and even help people find abortion clinics. The Society of Freinds(Quakers) is the only christian relgion I can think of that even has an LBGT branch. Now bear in mind their are Eastern and Western Quakers and their outlooks are very different. I really do not know much about Western Quakers except intead of meetings they have Freinds Church and Ministers and probably more conservative. Since I moved to San francisco I have only seen Eastern Quakers here probably since it is closer to the mentality of the City.
