Episcopal panel seeks slowdown on new gay leaders

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 4, 2006 | Wyatt Buchanan

[monkapotamus]

A special commission of the Episcopal Church will recommend that the church slow its acceptance of gays and lesbians as leaders in a report to be published any day, according to church leaders briefed on its contents...

"I think one might say this represents a 'go slow' approach for our church," Smith wrote in his e-mail, which he called an "E-pistle." "Without backing away from the decisions we have made, it is nonetheless a clear messages that we will work to conform to the requests of the majority of the Anglican Communion."

[boomop1]

Too late now they opened the barn door, now all the fags want to be layyyyyy people.

[FormerLib]

Unrepentant sinners shouldn't even be allowed to be members, let alone leaders, of any Christian organization.

[XR7]

[Nathan Zachary]

Sodomites CAN'T be priests, not in God's eyes. They would be more than sinners, committing blasphemy of the holy spirit. That's a biggie, knowingly going against the word of God, and leading others astray by teaching their false doctrine.

"Make sure that no one traps you and deprives you of your freedom by some secondhand, empty, rational philosophy based on the principles of this world instead of on Christ." Colossians 2:6-8

[SuziQ]

"Without backing away from the decisions we have made, it is nonetheless a clear messages that we will work to conform to the requests of the majority of the Anglican Communion."

So they're not going to STOP it, they're just going to slow it down in hopes that people will forget about it after a while. After all, "out of sight, out of mind".

[boomop1]

The secular movement appears to be on the fast track to hell.

[wideawake]

Translation: "The frog found out we are attempting to boil him! Put the range on simmer for now. maybe he'll fall asleep."

[little jeremiah]

Here's one if you want it.

Like "going slow" is going to help matters one whit.

[little jeremiah]

It's not the speed, it's the direction.

[longtermmemmory]

Go Slow is just a code for "go stealth"

If any parish was going to escape they should proceed with all due haste.

[Flavius Josephus]

The Gay Gene, Bishop of New Hampster.