FDNY SWEARS IN FIRST FEMALE, GAY CHAPLAIN

[LiberalElite]

http://7online.com/society/fdny-swears-in-first-female-gay-chaplain/541847/

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro on Tuesday appointed Pastor Ann Kansfield of the Greenpoint Reformed Church in Brooklyn as the first-ever female and openly gay FDNY chaplain.

Kansfield is the department's eighth chaplain, six of whom are Christian and one who is Jewish.

"I'm excited to have Pastor Ann Kansfield join our ranks and assume her important role in the FDNY, providing spiritual guidance and emotional support to our 15,000 uniformed and civilian employees," Nigro said. "She has demonstrated a strong commitment not only to the people of her parish, but of the entire Greenpoint community by running a soup kitchen and coordinating various local programs promoting music, the arts, and mental health. Through her work for and on behalf of others, she's a natural fit for our department and our mission to protect and serve the people of our great city."
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[RKP5637]

1. Excellent! n/t

[niyad]

2. excellent news.

I am waiting for the day that such an appointment is NOT news, but perfectly ordinary and accepted.

[LiberalElite]

3. The FDNY is trying hard to

diversify - it's been a white male and very Irish institution for a long time, so even if there were lesbian chaplains everywhere else, it'd still be news for this dept.