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[Kolokotronis]

Told you the problem was far deeper than a gay bishop.

"He that saith not ‘Anathema’ to those in heresy, let him be anathema" Seventh Ecumenical Council

[madprof98]

A few of the good bishop's reflections:

Little has been written about your stance on reproductive rights. Are you pro-choice?

Absolutely. The reason I love the Episcopal Church is that it actually trusts us to be adults. In a world where everyone tries to paint things as black or white, Episcopalians feel pretty comfortable in the gray areas.

I'm sure there must be individual congregations, and certainly individuals, who are off the deep end about this issue, but for the most part, the stance that we have taken speaks to our people as a mature and adult way of dealing with this — that we protect a woman's right to choose but also say that obviously there are very deep things involved here.

So we encourage our folks to take this very private issue seriously. We urge them to talk to their priests about it and to think through all the questions they might have. And then we absolutely stand behind a woman's right to choose. I think that's a responsible place to be.

Has abortion been a divisive issue in your church?

Not really — surprisingly. From time to time it has come up, but the church has steadfastly resisted efforts to retract in any way our support for a woman's choice.

Any final thoughts?

Planned Parenthood is an organization that I have always admired and respected. It does such extraordinarily fine work, and I'm very happy to be associated with it.

[pharmamom]

Now we stand for murdering human beings. Great. ECUSA is no longer a church. This makes me want to puke.

[goldstategop]

What did people expect when the Episcopals raised up an imperfect man and a ritually impure man as Bishop, in defiance of Biblical teachings? One cannot have a sodomite as God's priest and still expect him to enter the Kingdom Of Heaven. You may be able to break the time-honored rules about priestly ordination but you can NEVER change the Divine Teachings. DUH.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)