Posted on 04/03/2006 6:24:32 AM PDT by monkapotamus
LONDON - The liberal leadership of the American Anglican Church is preparing for an unexpected climbdown over homosexuality that could save the worldwide Church from schism.
Three years after consecrating Anglicanism's first openly gay bishop, the American bishops appear close to bowing to international pressure and shelving their radical agenda at a conference in June. Leaks from a private meeting of the bishops in North Carolina last week suggest that they will "repent" for plunging Anglicanism into turmoil by consecrating Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
It seems that there are a number of "middle-of-the-road" who bought into the statements made by VGR's proponents that "It'll be just like female ordination - there'll be a fuss for a while, and then it'll all quiet down." Turns out it didn't quiet down, eh? Maybe some of those bishops are re-thinking their earlier actions.
My grandfather was born in Missouri. One of his favorite responses to rumors like this was "Show me, and then I might believe it!"
The left wing thugs in our church and other churches will never back away until each domination splits into at least two parts, one part for the liberals and the other for the rest of us.
That photo of two f@gs... Words fail me, except
Gag. Barf. Hurl. Ralf.
I'll believe this when I see it. I don't see the liberals backing down at all this year.
The Gay Gene. (Clairol, Ash Blonde.)
"Drag" him out? Never trust a man in a dress, is what I say. (People aren't born gay; they get sucked into it.)
Maybe Gene's admission of alcoholism and his stay in rehab will clear his mind and he will resign.
It would be a noble thing to do.
I don't see it happening, but ....
And mandated us of only the King James Bible?
We do good funerals.
And you can be sure that 19 friends and relatives will not stand up and "give a testimony."
Unsat... the greedy buggers at the paper have the unmitigated gall to think I should pay for the article...
Forget it. This is a perfect example of how to inconsequencial on the internet.
Liberals never give up.
If they back down, they will go back and regroup and try again.
That being said, I don't care. I want to save the church and I want them to back down sufficiently to save it.
Who knows what will happen down the line? We might get a better presiding Bishop (I've heard Jenkins is a decent man and has a chance)...
The general population is becoming more conservative and the Episcopal population may be as well.
That's why I argued (unsuccessfully) against ultra-conservative positions. You know what I mean. If they will back off a bit, we should also.
Which pretty much rules it out, it should be noted. ;-)
Who the Pepper are those incredibly silly looking men?
I'd rather be behind them, than have them behind me.
Why,...why, that's my exact hair color.
Of course, I don't apply Clairol--I just wake up in the morning and it happens.
Money must be getting tight.
Former ELCA here. I asked the question a few years ago when I left, "what is there to study?". The issue of homosexuality was settled 2000+ years ago.
Forget it. This is a perfect example of how to inconsequencial on the internet."
It was viewable earlier. This article below has essentially the same information:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/03/nbish03.xml
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