The Letter "R"

The big, lesbian bartender looked at me and told me the truth. "I've been carrying this big letter "R" around my neck all the way from Brooklyn." I laughed, more scared of this woman's presence than anything. I'm using the word "woman," very loosely, at this point. Apparently, she and her girlfriend found a large, letter "R," in an antique shop. A rather large "R," vintage remains from a sign, form a long deceased business. They had decided to give the letter as a gift for a newly married friend, carrying a new last name that begins with, of course, "R." She carries the big letter "R" around her neck, all two hundred-fifty pounds of, very "manly" woman. I wonder if the "R" really stands for "Religion." Maybe, she carries God around her neck for the day.