John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, speaks out forcefully on the gospel of intolerance preached by Nigeria’s Archbishop Akinola, and warns about the support for Akinola from conservative elements in the US seeking to “renew” mainline Protestant churches. A Gospel of Intolerance Were Archbishop Akinola a solitary figure and Nigeria an isolated church, his support for institutionalized bigotry would be significant only within his own country. But the archbishop is perhaps the most powerful member of a global alliance of conservative bishops and theologians, generously supported by foundations and individual donors in the United States, who seek to dominate…
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Polygamist Judge Ordered Off Utah Bench – Yahoo! News SALT LAKE CITY – A small-town judge with three wives was ordered removed from the bench by the Utah Supreme Court on Friday. The court unanimously agreed with the findings of the state’s Judicial Conduct Commission, which recommended the removal of Judge Walter Steed for violating the state’s bigamy law. ADVERTISEMENT Steed has served for 25 years on the Justice Court in the polygamist community of Hildale in southern Utah, where he ruled on misdemeanor crimes such as drunken driving and domestic violence cases. Oh, yeah, that was brilliant – put…