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  • Minister Ex-Communicates Members For Not Backing Bush

    05/06/2005 12:47:07 PM PDT · by jonwill · 46 replies · 1,117+ views
    WFMY-TV ^ | 5/6/2005 3:05:35 PM | Andrea Firestone Associated Press
    Another 40 members have left in protest. Waynesville, NC-- The minister of a Haywood County Baptist church is telling members of his congregation that if they're Democrats, they either need to find another place of worship or support President Bush. Already, the Reverend Chan Chandler has ex-communicated nine members of East Waynesville Baptist Church. Another 40 members have left in protest.
  • Vatican Excommunicates Seven Women "Priests"

    08/05/2002 11:08:58 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 60 replies · 414+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 5 August 2002 | Associated Press
    Vatican Excommunicates Seven Women 'Priests' Mon Aug 5, 8:24 AM ET VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Reinforcing its opposition to female priests, the Vatican ( news - web sites) said Monday it had excommunicated seven women, including a nun, who were ordained in June in a ceremony on a boat in Austria. An Argentine bishop, not recognized by the Holy See, ordained the Austrian, German and U.S. women in a ceremony, witnessed by 300 people. This prompted a warning from the Vatican last month, giving the women 12 days to repent. "Because the women ... did not give any indication of...