As a participant and organizer of the Green New Deal town hall event held in Sooke, I’m replying to George McFetridge’s July 3 letter.
It’s not foolishness to give an honorarium for a blessing, just as it’s customary and respectful to give an honorarium to a pastor and an organist at a wedding.
This event’s brief blessing, which was inclusive and non-denominational, was compatible with an event focused on social justice and the climate emergency.
Paula Johanson, Sooke
editor@sookenewsmirror.com
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