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Archbishop: Gay Issue Splits Anglicans
 | Comes as a surprise, doesn't it? Who'da ever thunk that'd happen? But it seems to me that, if you're gonna have a church, especially one with magnificent edifaces and the occasional robes of cloth of gold, you should spend some time thinking about concepts like right and wrong. Maybe you could do some research, by reading up on the ideas in your holy book. If you have magnificent edifaces and occasional robes of cloth of gold, but there's no such thing as right or wrong, if it's all relative, then you're not a church. You're a social club with funny hats. You might as well spend the time you devote to Sunday services playing bridge. |
The Anglican rift over gay bishops will be costly no matter how it is resolved, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said Thursday. Ties among national churches have been severely strained by the U.S. Episcopal Church's 2003 decision to elect V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire who is openly living in a gay relationship as a bishop. "Part of the cost involved in the repercussions of recent events is that it has weakened, if not destroyed, the sense that we are actually talking the same language within the Anglican Communion," Williams told the Church of England synod, which was considering an official report on the issue. "Not having a common language, a common frame of reference, has been one of the casualties of recent events, and there is every indication that that is not going to get better in a hurry," he said.
Robinson's elevation has roiled the 77-million strong worldwide Anglican Communion, which has its roots in the Church of England. The issue has pitted liberals against conservatives within the Episcopal Church, and some African bishops have cut off contact with the U.S. church.
Posted by: Fred 2005-02-19 |
