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The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles today elected the first openly gay bishop since the national church lifted a ban that sought to bar gays and lesbians from the church's highest ordained ministry.They haven't actually banned breeders from membership yet, but why bother? No heterosexual has applied for membership in years.
Clergy and lay leaders, meeting in Riverside for their annual convention, elected the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, 55, who has been in a committed relationship with another woman since 1988. Another gay candidate, the Rev. John L. Kirkley of San Francisco, withdrew late Friday.
The typical Episcopal church nowadays has more lesbians than the LPGA and more gay men than the first five rows at a Bette Midler concert.
(Via Memeorandum.)
And this is important or interesting because?
ReplyDeleteThe typical Episcopal church nowadays has more lesbians than the LPGA and more gay men than the first five rows at a Bette Midler concert.
ReplyDeleteHater. Okay, that is pretty funny.
You better watch out or Sullivan will unleash the beagles of war on you.
"In Nigeria, where on any Sunday the Anglicans in the pews outnumber those in America, Britain and Canada combined, the archbishop is understandably miffed that the only news he gets from head office revolves around various permutations of gayness. Getting a reputation as a cult for upscale Western sodomites and a few attendant fetishists doesn't help when half your country's in the grip of sharia and the local Islamoheavies are just itching to torch you churches."
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Come on now, TOMc. Those of us who have been following this story since Robbie got his pointy hat in 2003 knew this day was coming a long time ago. And if you'll look at the stats:
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parochial and diocesan, you'll see that the Piskies have, for the most part, been dropping like a brick ever since. Which proves your point, pretty much, if I remember correctly. Guess that's why you get the big bucks and I don't.
Roll Tide.
Here is my thoughts on the continuing decline in my once beloved Episcopal Chruch http://rightviewfromtheleftcoast.blogspot.com/2009/12/los-angeles-episcopalians-elect-lesbian.html
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for a church to attend for the last year. Earlier this year, I was looking at our local Episcopalian/Anglican cathedral but decided to stop going there when I read about some stupid decision the Anglican leadership had made. I don't even remember what it was but I do know it was some asinine decision like this. This stupid event just reinforces that wise decision I made.
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