Whatever its claims, IASCUFO is in no way representative. Its members are not elected to represent their provinces, but are cherry-picked by the communion office to ensure the outcome that the Archbishop of Canterbury desires, while creating the illusion of consultation.
The blood of gay and lesbian soldiers flows as readily and as redly as that of other young Americans fighting in Afghanistan, yet Gov. Perry feels free to use them as political cannon fodder for his campaign. In an attempt to garner conservative Christian votes, he would stigmatize these brave young men and women who are, as we speak, risking their lives on our behalf. If this is patriotism, count me out!
An article online this weekend contains a quote from an expert on cremation practices that claims the rise in cremation rate among Americans reflects a fundamental shift in American religious belief.
In an article on the Smithsonian website on Washington DC monuments that were designed, but never built, you can see that original plan was very different than what we have now.
Evangelicals are moving away from many of the positions that the people who do politics in the States imagine they hold. Young Evangelicals are more likely to hold “progressive” stances on political issues, to support “green” issues and be more open to same-sex relationships than their elders.
Online reports that the Scottish Episcopal Church had joined voices in Scotland calling for a ban on “gay marriage” turn out to be more hype than fact according to information presented on Thinking Anglicans this afternoon.
Bishop Packard, in a blog post, worries that Trinity is going to be on the wrong side of history. He posted that concern on Trinity’s Facebook page. It has since been deleted.
In a speech in Geneva on December 6, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: “Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate
Congregations full of teachers and librarians and social workers and community organizers show up on Sunday morning to hear that because their church doesn’t have a soup kitchen or a shoe drive or something, that they aren’t involved in mission. Lay people should respectfully request that this definition be broadened.
The bishops of the Episcopal Church’s Province IV have asked their colleague, Diocese of South Carolina Bishop Mark Lawrence, to meet with them “to have a clarifying conversation” about his decision to issue property deeds to each diocesan congregation.