All the time I’ve been reading Boy in the Bands, I thought they were a joke, what with the funny title and all. I didn’t realize that you were actually serious about this stuff. Please excuse my attempt at humor; I wanted to share a joke, not ridicule you. And thanks for answering my questions. I don’t know much about clerical vestments and would like to learn, even if I would not choose to wear them myself.

I can see the value of your argument concerning uniform vesture and I agree that ministry is not primarily about the minister. Wouldn’t your argument work better, however, if it related to a pre-existing uniform vesture among Unitarian Universalist ministers? By adopting a style of vesture that is uncommon if not singular among Unitarian Universalist ministers, aren’t you in fact emphasizing your distinctness, rather than your uniformity?