The Earthly Father

Episcopal priestess, the "Reverend" Chloe Breyer, writing for Slate, wonders "What if Mary wasn't a virgin?":

At Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of God's only son. Some believers, however, wonder if Jesus Christ is God's son only. The ancient "illegitimacy tradition" and its modern proponents propose that Jesus may have had a human father. That idea upsets one of the central mysteries of the Christian faith—the virgin conception. But it's entirely in keeping with more essential tenets: Jesus' role as the Messiah, and God's love for the poor and downtrodden. What's more, the illegitimacy tradition responds to many strange utterances about Jesus' birth in the Scriptures themselves.

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UPDATE (27 December 2005):
Apparently, this priestess is the daughter of liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.