Bishops blogging, March 13 – House of Bishops
March 13, 2009
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The Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith, Bishop of Missouri, is blogging the House of Bishops meeting. He writes: This afternoon I took a short course in
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Nigeria’s legal system adequate for persecution
March 13, 2009
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Homosexuality is illegal under federal law; homosexual practices are punishable by prison sentences of up to 14 years. In the 12 northern states that have adopted Shari’a law, adults convicted of engaging in homosexual intercourse are subject to execution by stoning, although no such sentences were imposed during the year. Because of widespread taboos against homosexuality, very few persons were openly homosexual. – 2008 Human Rights Report: Nigeria, US Department of State
Oprah taps All Saints, Pasadena rector for series
March 13, 2009
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Episcopal Life Online reports that The Rev. Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, will co-host Oprah’s Soul Series. His first appearance will
Same sex benefits rulings put Obama on the spot
March 13, 2009
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Just seven weeks into office, President Obama is being forced to confront one of the most sensitive social and political issues of the day: whether the government must provide health insurance benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
The Good Nigerian
March 12, 2009
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Afterwards she could remember very little of what happened next. She heard the two, young women shouting at her. She felt the pain as they punched her and she fell to the ground. Then, her attackers were gone and Doris lay on the pavement in her own blood, slipping in and out of consciousness.
A dumb, depressing document from Peter Akinola and his Church
March 12, 2009
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Simon Sarmiento of Thinking Anglicans has the five-page document (signed by Peter Akinola) submitted by the Church of Nigeria in support of legislation that would outlaw same sex marriage, which is already illegal. It is chilling, especially the part where Akinola weighs in on just how long the prison sentences for the witnesses of gay marriages should be.
Two new seasons for Friday Night Lights?
March 12, 2009
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Western Civilization is on the verge of acquiring a new two-year lease on life according to reports in Entertainment Weekly.
March Gladness
March 12, 2009
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Sports-crazed Americans may not have been looking for a way to follow the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament while supporting the Millennium Development Goals, but that didn’t stop the Rev. Mike Kinman of Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation from developing one. Check it out.
Faith in the Balance: A Call to Action
March 12, 2009
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From the Episcopal Church’s Office of Public Affairs: A groundbreaking report, Faith in the Balance: A Call to Action, which calls on The Episcopal Church
Vermont clergy voice support for gay marriage bill
March 12, 2009
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The Rev. Linda Maloney of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont is among those featured in a report from WPTZ TV in Burlington about 185 clergy of various faiths who support a bill legalizing civil marriage for same-sex couples in Vermont.
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