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Gene Robinson, first openly gay Episcopal bishop, announces his divorce
Religion News ^ | May 3, 2014 | Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Posted on 05/04/2014 4:50:35 AM PDT by Gamecock

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To: Savage Beast

This is not an attack, but you’re still an Episcopalian??


61 posted on 05/05/2014 12:39:07 AM PDT by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Gamecock; Impy; BillyBoy; sickoflibs; GOPsterinMA

It’s just too weird to even comment on...


62 posted on 05/05/2014 5:57:38 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Cronos
Yes.

It might seem strange to some.

My father's family was Episcopalian. My mother's family was profoundly puritanical, as was she; I never liked puritanism. I love the Episcopal Church for many reasons, one of which is its reasonable and practical approach to the divine. It has given me a structure of sorts from which to find deeper and deeper understandings, the foolishness of many Episcopalians notwithstanding.

Jesus Christ is my Guide and the only One to Whom I will entrust my immortal soul and rely upon--unconditionally--to lead me and protect me from any and all evil influences; I trust His guidance absolutely and completely. I made the commitment to follow Him wherever He should lead me at a very early age. I have never wavered. He has never let me down; on the contrary, He has brought me to a place very close to heaven on this earth. This commitment has taken me through many unexpected experiences and away from the Episcopal Church to a great extent but ever nearer to God.

This is deeply personal for me. I tell you this because I believe your question is sincere and one that I would not disregard.

63 posted on 05/05/2014 6:58:08 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: BillyBoy
LOL!

"...and I thought this odd, considering the Founding Father of the Church of England..."

64 posted on 05/05/2014 6:59:39 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

“Great, now we can get an abortion!”


65 posted on 05/05/2014 7:00:21 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Gamecock

Who gets custody of the butt plug?


66 posted on 05/05/2014 7:02:53 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; MitchellC; AuH2ORepublican

You think a gay bishop getting divorced is too weird to comment on?

I raise you a former DRAG QUEEN running as a conservative Republican for the State Senate in North Carolina.

http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-80103738/

“Steve Wiles, 34, performed as “Miss Mona Sinclair” at Club Odyssey, the Winston-Salem Journal reported this weekend.”

He’s a minor primary challenger to an incumbent who’s sure to win.

The Jon Stewarts and Chelsea Handlers of the world will have a field day with this if they haven’t already.


67 posted on 05/05/2014 8:46:06 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; MitchellC; AuH2ORepublican

“...You think a gay bishop getting divorced is too weird to comment on?...”

Yeah... overall, I think the whole damn fact that we ARE this far along the path to lunacy is too damned weird...

It’s just pathetic overall.

I’m pretty sure that when my old man and his band of brothers parachuted and glider-assaulted into Germany, making the world safe for psychosis like this wasn’t uppermost in their minds, ya know?


68 posted on 05/05/2014 9:21:04 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; MitchellC; AuH2ORepublican

And besides... the last time a “Queen” was “dragged”... I think it was Marie Antoinette... dragged kicking and screaming to the guillotine.

(sorry.... had to...)


69 posted on 05/05/2014 9:26:08 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

Now you have me wondering how the hell the word “drag” became associated with cross dressing.


70 posted on 05/05/2014 9:44:23 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Impy

Beats the hell outta me, brother.

Some slang from “back in the day” or whatever, who knows...


71 posted on 05/05/2014 10:12:20 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

Lol! Good one.


72 posted on 05/05/2014 1:00:43 PM PDT by subterfuge (Hey NSA snoop, get a real job you idiot!)
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To: ReformationFan
That’s a great story. Are you still attending that non-denominational church?

I am still nondenominational currently with Mosaic church on MS gulf coast.

http://mosaicgc.com/ Ocean Springs campus.

74 posted on 05/09/2014 3:57:57 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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