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  • Gay Musicians Want to Break Country Music Barrier

    08/07/2003 4:45:16 PM PDT · by sarcasm · 116 replies · 2,436+ views
    Reuters ^ | August 7, 2003
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's country music scene isn't exactly known for its gay artists, but a colorful pack of wanna-be stars pulled out their best rustic twangs and wailing guitars on Thursday to try to change all that.Scores of country music hopefuls auditioned in New York for what is being billed as a television show to pick an openly gay country music star from about 50 contestants.The musicians -- most of whom wore jeans and spit-polished boots -- wailed through Willie Nelson songs, crooned like Lyle Lovett and belted out ballads like Garth Brooks.Livening up the day was The...
  • Are Episcopalians Still a Church? A Lutheran theologian/journalist examines Robinson confirmation

    08/07/2003 5:49:25 PM PDT · by rhema · 79 replies · 928+ views
    Christianity Today ^ | 8/7/03 | Uwe Siemon-Netto
    The 2.1 million U.S. Episcopalians will have to ponder three urgent questions now that their General Convention in Minneapolis has approved the election of an openly homosexual cleric as next bishop of New Hampshire: Will their tiny denomination (there are fewer Episcopalians now than convicts in jail) remain in communion with the rest of the world's 70 million Anglicans? Their chances are slim, given the warnings of the Most Rev. Peter Akinola, archbishop of Lagos and primate of Nigeria, who has of late become the world's most forceful Protestant voice. How will the Minneapolis decision impinge on ecumenical relations with...