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To: Huber
Dr Williams acknowledges that the debate following the consecration of a practising gay bishop has posed challenges for the unity of the church. He stresses that the key issue now for the church is not about the human rights of homosexual people,

That's right, it isn't. Although many would like to paint it that way. The key is that ordination is not a right. It is a calling and a privilege. It's not granted to all, and the Bible shows that it is witheld from various classes of people.

7 posted on 06/27/2006 9:26:31 AM PDT by RonF
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To: RonF
More to the point of his article, which is really about "where do we go from here." He frames the question here:

Instead it is a question, agonisingly difficult for many, as to what kinds of behaviour a Church that seeks to be loyal to the Bible can bless, and what kinds of behaviour it must warn against – and so it is a question about how we make decisions corporately with other Christians, looking together for the mind of Christ as we share the study of the Scriptures.

9 posted on 06/27/2006 9:46:23 AM PDT by r9etb
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