Posted on 05/13/2018 6:03:26 PM PDT by marshmallow
* Lord Tebbit is boycotting the cathedral near him in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
* His comments were condemned, with calls for him to be expelled from the party
* The 87-year-old Tory grandee is adamant that the canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral is a 'sodomite'
Lord Tebbit has provoked outrage by vowing to boycott services conducted by a gay dean the Tory peer has branded a 'sodomite'.
The former Conservative Party chairman has been attending the cathedral near his home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, for nine years but has told The Mail on Sunday he will no longer go there when the recently appointed Rev Canon Joe Hawes is officiating.
The 87-year-old Tory grandee is adamant that the canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral is a 'sodomite' a biblical term seen as unacceptable by gay people.
Lord Tebbit said: 'I find it difficult to accept a sodomite as a member of the clergy who will, for example, be called upon to conduct marriage services. I will struggle to attend if he is officiating.'
His comments were condemned last night, with one prominent gay Conservative calling for him to be thrown out of the party.
Lord Tebbit said he had discovered from a newsletter in March that the canon, 52, who is in a civil partnership with another cleric, the Rev Chris Eyden, was to become the cathedral's most senior official.
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What an abomination. The world to come will not be pleasant to this vile creature
Or perhaps from one of the most renowned artifacts from the medieval church, the Bury St. Edmunds Cross, acquired by Thomas Hoving when he was one of the assistant curators for Medieval Art at New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hand carved in ivory (Hovings area of expertise) the cross was unique for the unusual banner it bore: instead of reading King of the Jews the Bury St. Edmunds Cross read King of the Confessors. It was that difference that convinced Hoving the piece was genuine instead of the forgery that other medieval experts dismissed it as.
Imagine the shock when most of the carved Latin writing on this cross turned out to be a diatribe against the Jews! Today it is on display at The Cloisters (the Metropolitans rebuilt monastery housing most of its medieval collection) in Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge. For more information or just a unique glimpse of what is involved in being a curator for a major art museum, check out Hovings book King of the Confessors.
I refuse to use the sodomite-approved term ‘gay.’
That’s excellent! When was this made?
Didn’t realize Orwell was a prognosticator.
How in heck are the Homofascists allowing Africa to get away with telling the truth?
Why hasn’t the Lonodon police thrown him in jail?
Teresa May and David Cameron could learn a thing or two from him. They seem to think parroting the Labour Party's talking points (Brexit sucks, socialized medicine is wonderful, gay marriage is awesome, etc.) is somehow "conservative"
What do fag Priests do about the Bible’s clear anti-fag stance? Pretend it’s a translation error?
Good for Lord T.
It’s from the ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ episode ‘The Bishop’s Gambit’ and it first aired in 1986.
If you’ve never seen them, then I highly recommend both ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ and its predecessor ‘Yes, Minister’. They were Margaret Thatcher’s favourite shows.
True, but read the supportive comments about the “very conservative” homosexual sent to Germany by Trump as the new US ambassador... threads last week here...smh.
I prefer “asenekoit”.
To say nothing would be unacceptable to any God fearing person..
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