Memphis Bishop (Don Johnson) tearfully apologizes to homosexual members of church

AP ^ | August 11, 2003 | AP Staff writer

[agrace]

He looks like Steven Weber

[Skooz]

"The doobie I packed for the Phish concert was this big, dude. Totally."

[VOA]

bump

[demnomo]

My gaydar says that Pastor Bill is, well, gay. So, of course, he believes that a gay Archbishop is a "good thing."

I'm getting so sick of this gay stuff. Biblically and biologically, gay sexual relations are unatural--whether or not the two gay people are "married" or unmarried. Why can't gay people just start a "church" specifically geared towards their own unhealthy and yucky (IMHO) sexual practices instead of co-opting established religious organizations that for years have warned members of the physical and spiritual dangers of unsanctioned sex? Oh, yeah, like the Islamofascists, the radical gays want to shove their doctrine down our throats. (Yeech. No pun intended, it was the only way to describe the all-gay-all- the-time stuff I see and hear in the media/culture these days.)

I used to believe that so long as a gay person didn't make a big deal of his or her homosexual preferences, I'd leave well enough alone. Love the sinner, hate the sin. Is it just me or is it getting to the point where I want to scream out "just shut up, do your perversions in private if it makes you happy, but don't come crying to me if you pick up some truly nasty disease because of your perversions and, above all, let me be free to not condone your sexual lifestyle or teach my children that having homosexual sex is "healthy" and "natural" because of my own religious and personal beliefs.

Yeah, I know some gay people with whom I volunteer with and/or provide services to me. So long as they don't make their "gayness" an issue...or preach to me or my children that "gayness" is natural, wonderful, "a gift from God," and spiritually and physically healthier than being celibate or plain, old fashioned heterosexuality, I won't preach back at them.

[Cindy]

JESUS DEFINES MARRIAGE: "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore, they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." -from THE BIBLE: Matthew 19:4-6

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[pgkdan]

These people are just pathetic.

[Cindy]

CINDY'S REALITY CHECK: "Tolerating politically correct diverse fools is an act of politcally correct foolishness. Fools admiring fools in the spirit of bi-partisanship is one of the most obscene spectacles to behold" -Cindy

[Robe]

I think that ECUSA has been so marginalized over the years that most conservative members must left early on. Afterall they are down to 2.1 million from 3.5 million at their peak (may have been more than that). Any minister having to apologize for not voting for the active homo Bishop must be getting heat from a not so conservative congregation. I am not sure how much schism will develop now that most of the sanity departed in the early years

You may be right. Yesterday after mass we met with out Pastor and about 14-20 members and our other two priests. Our pastor went on to tell us he disagreed with the South Carolinas Delegations vote. (SC voted NO)Only 6-7 in the group voiced discussed with the election, the others seemed to have been "previously invited" to insure we were put down as "Homophobes" and intolerent. Even our other two priests commented about the church being about the New Testament and forgiveness, and that the old testament was basically old hat. The church has ceased to be about GOD and more about itself. What a pity

I quit the ECUS yesterday

[verity]

The church lady?

[Maigrey]

In the original article from the The (Memphis) Commerical Appeal Tisdale refers to the "elevation" of bishop Robinson as a positive thing for the "progressive community."

"The main reason I joined the Episcopal Church is because it allows people to have personal interpretations and is open to new ideas," said Justin Tisdale, 28.

Tisdale, who was has been attending Calvary Episcopal Church for five years, converted from the Seventh Day Adventist Church because he found it too conservative.

"It wasn't accepting of homosexuals," Tisdale said. "Now, I'm free to express my beliefs and to ask questions."

I'm sure that this fine example of enlightened thinking also views the Bible as a historical document and that picking and choosing what sins he wishes to flaunt and which ones he wants to adhere to are part of the church doctrine.

I'll stick to the churches I attend, where sins are defined, and are not up for intrepretation.

[Maigrey]

Sorry, but he appears more like a wolf in sheeps clothing than a man of the cloth.

[cake_crumb]

'Is it just me or is it getting to the point where I want to scream out "just shut up, do your perversions in private if it makes you happy, but don't come crying to me if you pick up some truly nasty disease because of your perversions and, above all, let me be free to not condone your sexual lifestyle or teach my children that having homosexual sex is "healthy" and "natural" because of my own religious and personal beliefs.

No, it isn't just you. It's all of us.

[MichiganCheese]

Is that what a metrosexual looks like?

[Bluntpoint]

Next week he is going to tearfully apologise to all the pedophiles in his congregation:

"I love you all like brothers, child molestation is a cause worth fighting for, just not right now. But you will always be welcome here."

[Revolting cat!]

First Church of Saint Fruit!

[Ladytotheright]

Does anyone know what church George W. now attends??

[petuniasevan]

Johnson stood crying and said in voting against the election of V. Gene Robinson, he didn't mean to reject gay members of the church

Let's adjust that phrase and see how good it looks:

Johnson stood crying and said in voting against the election of V. Gene Robinson, he didn't mean to reject kleptomaniac members of the church

Johnson stood crying and said in voting against the election of V. Gene Robinson, he didn't mean to reject pedophilic members of the church

Johnson stood crying and said in voting against the election of V. Gene Robinson, he didn't mean to reject wife-beating members of the church

I thought so.

[cake_crumb]

"I'm sure that this fine example of enlightened thinking also views the Bible as a historical document and that picking and choosing what sins he wishes to flaunt and which ones he wants to adhere to are part of the church doctrine."

They seem to think the Bible is an EVOLVING historical document, open to whatever interpretation they find convenient to justify whatever sin they commit. Our churches have become Clintonized.

[petuniasevan]

Next week he is going to tearfully apologise to all the pedophiles in his congregation

Wow, just about the same as MY idea! ;-D

The measure of a man's intelligence is determined by how closely he agrees with you.

[hardhead]

He looks like Luke Duke - or is it Bo Duke?