Whosoever: A Pastoral Statement to Lesbian and Gay Anglicans Some think the “gay schism” started in 2003, but others think it goes back to Lambeth 1998. Check out the list of bishops who signed a statement distancing themselves from the Lambeth statement, and especially that last name on the list. Confused? Me too. (tags: Anglican GayClergy GayRights) Africa and Arkansas (Martyn Minns wasn’t the first) The phony-baloney war in the Anglican communion dates back to at least 1998, when a South Carolinian priest moved to Arkansas and took a new parish under the control of a Rwandan bishop over, yes,…
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NPR : The Episcopal Church and the Rift over Homosexuality I'm currently listening to today's Talk of the Nation, recorded earlier today. First guest: Rt. Reverend Catherine Roskam, bishop suffragan of New York. She starts off well by stating clearly that discussing the blessing of same-sex marriage is off the table. She also tries to explain how the Anglican Communion isn't really a top-down, patriarchally governed church. She stresses that there are more important issues that we ought to be facing in the Communion, such as how women are treated. Caller: Jean from Utah is an Episcopalian. Feels strongly that…
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Minister quits over sex scandal The government, meanwhile, said their publication was a violation of the countrys penal code. The minister, meanwhile, seriously violated the country's penile code, so it balances out.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US mother used children in scam This lady takes the parental cliche "…but they're all woooorth it" to new levels.
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I started browsing old headlines for 1998 at Anglicans Online, because I wondered why the bishop of Chicago didn't sign a letter of apology to gay Episcopalians after the Lambeth 1998 bishops' conference passed the notorious "incompatible with scripture" statement on homosexuality. I found out that we didn't have a bishop at the time – +Frank went on to be Presiding Bishop, and +Bill wasn't elected until November of that year. I barely paid attention to the news items from Lambeth then – I wasn't really part of a parish yet, having just moved to Illinois the year before –…