Religion Category

.@BarackObama, my president, just one more favor, please!

Posted on February 15, 2016 1 Comment

Dear Mr. President, On this day, February 15, 2016, we celebrate President’s Day in the United States. Of all the many wonderful, intelligent and inspiring presidents we honor today, you alone are my president. As a gay man coming of age in the Reagan years, I watched as my brothers fell one by one, dying […]

Have no fear Pope Francis is here – an open letter to @Pontifex –

Posted on September 24, 2015 1 Comment

Dear Holy Father, Welcome to the United States and welcome to our beloved city of New York. I’m writing to request permission to celebrate our wedding in the Catholic Church. My fiancee, Enrique Padilla Jr. and I were both baptised in the Catholic Church and raised in the faith. Up until a couple […]