Ours, thankfully, is not a system that expects the spouse to be fully engaged like, say, Victoria Osteen. But to suggest there aren’t any expectations at all (not even a few tacit assumptions?) might be going too far.
“Our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters in Christ deserve all the rights and privileges, including the right to marry and raise a family.”
It isn’t just Camping and his camp who may be in lawyers’ crosshairs, O ye hawkers of the eschaton. If you’ve positioned yourself as a legitimate franchisee, you, too, may be eligible for divine American style justice.
The Rev Canon Dr Alison Peden had been shortlisted to be elected Bishop of Brechin in the Scottish Episcopal Church but the Ven Dr Nigel Peyton was elected to the post on Wednesday night.
What do people in your community know about your congregation? I’m not asking about those who have attended the church or know someone who is a member. What about your neighbors who go to another church? Or the neighbors who do not attend any church?
To be taken seriously, appeals to religious freedom must be rooted in consistent teaching and practice. The arguments advanced by opponents of marriage equality do not meet this standard.The Catholic Church, for instance, recognizes only marriages conducted under its own auspices.
“The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010” is due out today.
Let’s not “add to a culture of violence and fear, and increase the number of senseless killings,” Milwaukee’s bishop advises.
Our specific attention was drawn by the content of one of the course’s actual test questions from 2008.
“When members meet Tuesday at the church, they’ll be assigned different routes in a one-mile radius. Members, whom Seles said should invite a friend to join them on the walk, are to be observant as to what they see and who they meet.”