[XR7]

The Very Gay Rev. Robert V. Taylor is the dean of Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle and a native of Cape Town, South Africa.

[RexBeach]

Wow! This is a barfer, alright.

BTW, are there any Episcopalians left in America?

[goldstategop]

No, there is no debate among liberals anymore. The Bible and belief in God is an option. That's post-modern Episcopalianism writ small.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[Argus]

...the dean of Saint Mark's Light In The Loafers Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle

[Unam Sanctam]

Time was when Episcopalian clerics took seriously Scriptures and Christian doctrine and tradition. Those days would appear to be long gone now that left-wing socialism is the new God of Episcopalians.

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[Leg Olam]

"For some within the worldwide family of Anglican Christians, Bishop Jefferts Schori's election is cause for concern."

My only 'concern' is with Episcopalians who think they are Anglican. The two have become as different as Shinto is to Baptists. I'm a member of the American Anglican Church and if my church started being anything other than what it always has been for hundreds of years I'd fall away from it sooo quick.

[50sDad]

In fact, the conversation has been rooted in the notion of agape, or love, which allows for unity in diversity...

Agape love, one of 3 types of "love" found in the original Greek, is the unconditional love God has for us, which allows his reaching out for us, even as we were sinners. However, rooted in the very concept of agape is the notion that there is a thing called "sin".

Sin is the result of the human tendency, through free will, to chose to do things that God tells us are wrong. Agape love is not a "love" which allows all things. It is a "love" which accepts the core value of a person...even when they sin. It becomes meaningless when you take the church, an institution founded by God to help frail humans accept Christ's sacrifice and turn from their sinning, and turn it into a charade that prances around declaring that there is no such thing as sin.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

A sign of hope? Have they finally learned to play chess? I heard that they couldn't tell their Bishops from their Queens.

[pgyanke]

If baptism made you a full member of the body of Christ, how could that same household of God, known as the church, exclude more than half of its members from responding to a calling to ordained ministry?

If birth made you fully a human being and a member of the human family, how could one human be distinctly male and the other female with different gifts, abilities and roles. Why can't we just ordain some women as men?

Sounds the same to me...

[BaBaStooey]

These people must think that people like Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and Saint Clare of Assisi did absolutely nothing to make a difference, just because they weren't bishops or didn't say mass.

For these people who demand to be made priests or bishops, it is not about helping people or being a role model or a person in a leadership role. Its about having power over others. And that is a very bad reason to make someone a priest or bishop.

[Crackhead Willie]

This is sad. I can't believe what these people are finding in the Bible. I just wonder what Bible they are reading because these things are not in mine. I guess they will not realize what they are doing until judgment day. I feel extreme pity for them because there maker will not.