One side or the other.

A Jamaican woman, in her mid-life, approached us at the Metro Hall park. She started speaking to us, but I couldn't fully understand her because of her strong accent. She was speaking about Baptist Ministers, Gay Pride week, Adam and Eve instead to Adam and Steve. Then she was saying something about how a woman should submit to a man, but that this doesn't give a man the right to abuse a woman. She was telling me that I shouldn't abuse my wife, but that she should still obey me, among other things.

Then she started talking about how I could call a number she'd give me, to confirm that what she was saying was the truth, and not just some homeless crackpot on the street spitting out a bunch of bunk. She wrote this out on a piece of paper, and handed it to me: Rev. W.P. Bauman 416-447-1680.

All of this on a glorious Thursday afternoon, with wonderful sunshine, and a warm temperature.

DB