[DSHambone]

Discerment was not a strength at General Convention 2003

[madprof98]

Wonder what they'd say if he checked himself into a clinic to change his dysfunctional sexual behavior?

[Hildy]

He said his "partner." Is he Gay?

[El Gato]

with the encouragement and support of my partner, daughters and colleagues, I checked myself in to deal with my increasing dependence on alcohol. Over the 28 days I will be here, I will be dealing with the disease of alcoholism-which, for years, I have thought of as a failure of will or discipline on my part, rather than a disease over which my particular body simply has no control, except to stop drinking altogether.

Partner? A drunk and living in sin with his male lover. Nice job there Bish.

How many more Congregations will this drive away?

[VOA]

I wish the man well in dealing with alcohol.
Maybe his mind will clear up and he'll also abandon his unhealthy sex life.
Maybe even consider celibacy as an alternative to his bisexuality.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

You just know that GW is going to get blamed for this.

[jazusamo]

He must have drove him to drinkin!

[The Lumster]

I will be dealing avoiding {having to deal}with the disease sin of alcoholism-which, for years, I have thought of as a failure of will or discipline on my part, rather than a disease sin over which my particular body simply has no control, except to stop drinking altogether trust in the shed blood of Jesus for the remission of this sin.

[Jaded]

Who is surprised? Show of hands, please.

[PETEPARSLEY]

The Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, has broken his silence on the appointment of the world's first openly gay bishop.

In a statement issued Wednesday morning, Archbishop Rowan Williams said the election of Canon Gene Robinson as the next Bishop of New Hampshire would have a "significant impact" on the Church worldwide. And he warned of "difficult days" ahead.

The archbishop, who is considered to be a liberal on such issues, tacitly acknowledged that Anglicans in other parts of the world would be shaken by the New Hampshire appointment. He said: "We need as a Church to be very careful about making decisions for our own part of the world which constrain the Church elsewhere."

GAY...AND...A LIBERAL

[Uriah_lost]

just....shocking....really...

[FormerACLUmember]

alcoholism as a treatable human disease, not a failure of character or will.

Every rule has an exception. For the evil and destructive Gene Robinson it IS a problem of character. He is a monster.

[Flavius Josephus]

Oh. My. Gawd.

[VOA]

Maybe the good bishop went on a bender when he heard that NBC cancelled
"The Book of Daniel"?

[HitmanLV]

"Lord, give me chastity and temperence....but not now." - The wisdom of St Augustine :-)

[Mr. Lucky]

OK, like, this is from Scrappleface, right?

[headsonpikes]

Tut, tut...

Here's a more charitable take: acknowledging his fallen human nature, he is attempting to be the perfect model of a sinner, the "compleat sinner", as it were..

[i_dont_chat]

Maybe as part of his amends, he will be resign his position in the Church.

If he is honest, he will.

[longtermmemmory]

so now we know he has TWO addictions...

[FerdieMurphy]

Alcoholism is the least of the problems presented by Bishop Genie!

[Mister Da]

A queer, adulterous, alcoholic priest. Now there is a person to go to for advice & council - someone to admire & respect.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

My guess is next he will announce he is HIV positive.

One more thing. The idea that Alcoholism is a disease is just more PC BS. I've been exposed to this nonsense more than once, & find it to be an excuse for people who cannot/will not control themselves.