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...... Which leads us to the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA). Two years ago PCUSA passed a resolution calling for "phased, selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel." Apparently, this was not a resolution called for by the rank and file of the church, but by a number of radical left leaders. Not content with the classic leftist divestment tactic, elements of PCUSA, from the Chicago Middle East Task Force, met with leaders of the terrorist organization Hizbullah in Lebanon. Hizbullah, of course, is funded by Iran, does not recognize Israel’s existence, and is sworn to "the destruction of the...

Letters from the Bishop and the Standing Committee of the Diocese of New Hampshire: February 13, 2006 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am writing to you from an alcohol treatment center where on February 1, with the encouragement and support of my partner, daughters and colleagues, I checked myself in to deal with my increasing dependence on alcohol. Over the 28 days I will be here, I will be dealing with the disease of alcoholism-which, for years, I have thought of as a failure of will or discipline on my part, rather than a disease over which my particular...

Vicki Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire has come out of the closet and admitted that he is an alcoholic. He is now in a rehab clinic. The bishop wrote saying he was in an alcohol treatment center with the encouragement and support of his partner, daughters and colleagues, and had checked himself in to deal with his increasing dependence on alcohol. He says he will be there for 28 days. "I will be dealing with the disease of alcoholism-which, for years, I have thought of as a failure of will or discipline on my part, rather than a...