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Biden appointed Paris Agreement negotiator John Kerry as his climate czar, a new position that he created to elevate the issue of climate change. He also unveiled a transition agenda that includes “achiev[ing] a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035” as one of its top priorities. Many have discussed their thoughts on the political wisdom or senselessness of this public policy priority. However, few have really called out the elephant in the room: It’s not possible and will only enrich Wall Street at everyone else’s expense. It’s easy to preen “green” when you have enough green to buy a certificate...

...Terry McAuliffe called the program "an illegal in-kind contribution" to the Bush campaign and said the Democratic National Committee is filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. Over at the FCC, Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps interrupted his Columbus Day holiday to dub the broadcast "an abuse of the public trust." More ominously, Kerry adviser Chad Clanton told Fox News yesterday that "I think they (Sinclair) are going to regret doing this, and they better hope we don't win." ...It wasn't the intention of the Founders to give elected officials veto power over press reports.... The excuse for such broadcast...

My fellow Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Laity and other distinguished guests at this annual Forward in Faith North America gathering, greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Coming to the subject of unity, I’m reminded of the challenges before us by the story of a man stranded on a South Pacific island. He was finally discovered when an oil freighter passed by the area noticing smoke from his fire. The ship dropped anchor. The curious captain of the ship came ashore. He noticed three huts on the beach. He asked the survivor what they were for. The man explained...

As ECUSA Divide Grows, Orthodox Anglican Groups Unite By Jim Brown and Jenni Parker June 30, 2004 (AgapePress) - The Episcopal Church USA's current direction, including measures such as the church's confirmation of openly homosexual Bishop V. Gene Robinson and its approval of so-called same-sex "blessing ceremonies," has prompted six conservative Anglican groups to form a new coalition. The alliance announced by the Anglican Communion Network (ACN) includes the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Anglican Mission in America, Forward in Faith North America, the Anglican Province in America, and the American Anglican Council. ACN moderator and Pittsburgh bishop Robert Duncan says...

REFORMED EPISCOPAL BISHOP PLEADS FOR UNITY. RIPS REVISIONISTS By David W. Virtue BEDFORD, TX (6/26/2004)--A leading bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church made a strong plea for orthodox Anglicans to come together stating that they were in spiritual warfare with revisionism. The bishop blasted homosexual behavior saying that it was "repugnant to the almighty" arguing that "we are to image in our societal and familial relations the Holy Family in heaven." "God took a bride, the church. The groom did not take unto Himself another groom, which is the image portrayed by homosexual union. It is the inversion of the...

Network announces common cause with others in Anglican Tradition June 17, 2004 For Immediate Release June 17, 2004 Contact: Cynthia P. Brust 202-412-8721 ANGLICAN COMMUNION NETWORK ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT OF ANGLICAN GROUPS TO COMMON CAUSE 200,000 come together in new alliance The Anglican Communion Network (ACN) announced today an unprecedented alliance of six groups in the Anglican tradition. The groups, all based in the U.S. have committed to a “common cause” under the chairmanship of the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, ACN Moderator. In a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, leaders of the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC), the Anglican Mission in...

Bishop of splinter faction conducts service in Ligonier Episcopal church Tuesday, May 11, 2004 By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A confirmation ceremony Sunday in Ligonier of 13 adults by a retired bishop of a splinter Episcopal group was a historical first for the denomination. The Rt. Rev. Daniel G. Cox of the Reformed Episcopal Church performed the confirmation after receiving permission from the church's rector and from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, the Rt. Rev. Robert W. Duncan Jr. The service at St. Michael's in the Valley unsettled some members of the Pittsburgh Diocese, who believed --...

NON-COMMUNION BISHOPS INVITED TO THE BAHAMAS Anglicans United has reported that the Most Rev. Drexel Gomez, Archbishop of the Bahamas and West Indies, and the Most Rev. Gregory Venables, new Archbishop of the Southern Cone, have invited the Presiding Bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Province of America, to meet with them in the Bahamas to discuss the way forward for faithful, orthodox Anglicanism on the American Shore in a meeting to take place from 27 March to 2 April. In addition to the two Presiding Bishops, three other REC bishops have been invited to attend and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: From the Rev. Todd H. Wetzel, Executive Director, Anglicans United PO Box 763217, Dallas, TX 75376-3217 Phone: 1-800-553-3645, Email: anglicansunited@sbcglobal.net A NEW FEDERATION FOR ANGLICAN MINISTRY IN AMERICA EMERGES December 2, 2003 etched a memorable picture into the story of Anglicanism on the American shore. Over twenty bishops and two archbishops, as well as 37 individuals representing various strains of Anglicanism in America, came together in Orlando to begin a common commitment to do mission collaboratively via a new federation. The document and their signatures are attached. The Rev. Todd H. Wetzel, Executive Director of Anglicans United,...

The following was sent out earlier tonight with request for wide distribution...it seems to speak for itself. ------------------------------------------------- The bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church recently released a statement on homosexuality in the wake of the ECUSA general convention. It was been fairly widely published both on the onternet and in local newspapers by of our parishes. It is printed below for reference. Recently the REC parishes in Houston attempted to run the ad in the upcoming saturday Religion section of Houston Chronicle( a left leaning paper which has been notoriously unsupportive of traditional anglicans for years). The cost we...