#my mother was so fuckin MAD at me bc I was 'religious' but couldn't be dragged to church

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Something that amuses me to no end is the fact that Billy wears a Catholic-ish pendant, but we know (thanks to Runaway Max) that Neil is Lutheran.

I don't see Billy as religious at all, but I DO see him purposely "being Episcopalian" to spite Neil.

"You told me to go to church, you didn't specify which one."

Hawkins doesn't HAVE an Episcopalian church, so Billy just spends his Sundays pretending to read the Bible while Neil drags Susan and Max to the nearest Lutheran church without him, because he doesn't want to explain why his son is wearing a pendant of a saint around his neck.

To quote Robin Williams: "Being Episcopalian is great! Its like diet Catholic... All the religion of catholicism, and only HALF the guilt!"

(Not to mention the Episcopalian church has a much more liberal/queer-friendly lean to them.)