I\'m only 48 but I walk with a cane and cannot stand long due to a hip injury. I appreciate pews, even as I can see the problems with them.
If we got rid of the pews and put benches or chairs around the walls, I\'d be stuck with a choice of trying to stand for 2 hours (which I can\'t do) or sitting next to a heavily-fragranced elderly person. Not much of a choice.
Just as an aside, here\'s something of a pet peeve: we do have a handicapped pew, which is really just where a pew has been removed to provide room for walkers and wheelchairs (and people with canes like me who have difficulty navigating the narrow space between pews). Unfortunately, the young mothers with babies and toddlers take it over. In spite of the wheelie sign on the side of the pew. It\'s such a production to ask them to move, what with all the bags and toys and books and what-not, that I gave up a long time ago. I really don\'t want to be resented for being mobility-impaired. *sigh*
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