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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/nyregion/new-york-fire-dept-diversifying-ranks-is-set-to-swear-in-first-lesbian-chaplain.html?ref=nyregion&&_r=3

 

Maybe it is her short, spiky hair, or the cigarettes, which she gives to the men repairing the wiring in her Brooklyn apartment. Maybe it is because she swears. For whatever reason, the Rev. Ann Kansfield does not fit the stereotype of a minister.

Not that she is worried about meeting anyone’s expectations for what a clergywoman should say or do.

“We shouldn’t have to hide ourselves or worry about being judged,” Ms. Kansfield, who ministers at the Greenpoint Reformed Church, said.

In her newest ministry, that self-assuredness is likely to serve her well. Ms. Kansfield, 39, is to be sworn in on Tuesday as a chaplain of the New York Fire Department, the first female chaplain and the first openly gay chaplain in a department that for decades resisted efforts to diversify its ranks.

A civil rights lawsuit that led to oversight by a federal court and to a settlement with the city last year has prompted changes in recruiting and led to an increase in the number of blacks and Hispanics graduating from the Fire Academy.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat who took office last year, and his fire commissioner, Daniel A. Nigro, back the efforts, but the city faces a long road in remaking the department to be more representative of New York.

 

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I know of a lot of lesbian chaplains who work in hospitals.

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In this line of work, diversity for the sake of diversity leads to a lower quality of personnel.   The standard should be those who are the most qualified and have the highest scores and have proven that they can do the job.

 

In any profession, like doctors or lawyers, you want the best, not a particular skin color.  This should be based on nothing but merit and skill.    Having a cussing, foul mouthed gay chaplain is really scraping the bottom of barrel whether it is male or female.

 

They don't have a chaplain.  They have a servant of Satan.

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In this line of work, diversity for the sake of diversity leads to a lower quality of personnel.   The standard should be those who are the most qualified and have the highest scores and have proven that they can do the job.

 

In any profession, like doctors or lawyers, you want the best, not a particular skin color.  This should be based on nothing but merit and skill.    Having a cussing, foul mouthed gay chaplain is really scraping the bottom of barrel whether it is male or female.

 

They don't have a chaplain.  They have a servant of Satan.

 

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Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38

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...and the freak show that is American culture rolls on...

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