From the Southern Baptists to the Catholics, everyone loved the little lady from Tennessee
An outspoken American woman, ally to the marginalised, who spoke about Jesus in a way that transgressed political and social lines has, rightly, been canonised in recent weeks
I mean, of course, Dolly Parton, and her canonisation – small “c” – was of the sensus fidelium kind. Never in recent memory can I recall seeing public opinion so united behind a public figure: from the queers to the cowboys, the Southern Baptists to the Catholics, everyone loved the little lady from Tennessee. Even Donald Trump found something nice to say.
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