[ahadams2]

I respectfully disagree with your analysis of at least some of the comments here. If David Hope had simply spoken as himself - taken off his collar and clerical shirt and said 'hey this is just my opinion' then he would have every right in the world to say whatever stupid thing he wanted to say. HOWEVER, when he is speaking as an Anglican Bishop he does NOT have that right, and is, to the extent he is making politically oriented comments, misrepresenting the Anglican Communion by doing so...

[newheart]

No need to disagree. I also think that David Hope was out of line. But it does raise the question of whether those in positions of leadership in the church are free to make political statements. I would certainly prefer that he had taken off the collar first.

Would I feel the same way if I agreed with his position? To be consistent I should, but in that case it would be easier for me to simply say that he was speaking the truth to power.

Still, my bigger concern was categorizing Wright as apostate which he most definitely is not.