Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $33,557
41%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 41%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: aidscanal

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Memphis Bishop (Don Johnson) tearfully apologizes to homosexual members of church

    08/11/2003 12:43:45 PM PDT · by new cruelty · 82 replies · 702+ views
    AP ^ | August 11, 2003 | AP Staff writer
    Memphis Episcopal Bishop Don Johnson has apologized to gay and lesbian members of the West Tennessee diocese as he explained his vote against the denomination's first openly gay bishop. At a meeting last night at Grace-St. Luke's, Johnson stood crying and said in voting against the election of V. Gene Robinson, he didn't mean to reject gay members of the church. Johnson was among 43 bishops who voted against the election of Robinson to lead the New Hampshire diocese. They were the minority. Johnson says he voted "no" because the church hadn't done the theological study needed for it and...