Ah. Well, I consider this to be a non-issue, but fwiw I grew went to fairly conservative catholic schools in Canada and don't remember homosexuality ever being discussed. On the other hand I have seen a number of conservative "christian" ministers all but froth at the mouth when the subject arises. But I am not all that churchgoing a person abd your mileage may vary.
Kevin Graeme writes: > Tim asked "Shouldn't they be able to say no gay ministers?" My point is > that it was a case where the church in question _is_ making the choice > and it's to have a gay bishop. I was just pointing out that the > Episcopalian Church is not part of the Catholic Church and thus isn't > bound by Catholic dogma. > > If you want to get into whether they are both Christian and thus must > have the same rules about homosexuality, IIRC, while the old testament > wasn't terribly kind towards homosexuals, the new testament is about > forgiveness. And the majority of the Catholic doctrine against > homosexuality is actually from the separate writings of St. Paul which > are separate from the bible but canon to the catholics. > > If you want to take a step back and look at it from a sociological > viewpoint, some of the teachings in the old testament/Torah appear to be > reactionary to create a separation between the Jews and, say, the > Egyptians or Romans. The lessons teach an opposition to things the Jews > didn't care for in the people they were subjugated to. That's not to > diminish the religion, just that every religion is in part a product of > it's history. > > -Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:35 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > > > > Episcopalians still follow the bible dont they? I am not sure > > why you think Time thinks he is Catholic. > > > > Kevin Graeme writes: > > > > > In this particular case, it's the Episcopalian Church that > > was about > > > to explicitly say "yes" to a gay bishop. Different Church > > than if he > > > was Catholic. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:49 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > > > > > > > > > > Wait. I have no problem with anyone based on sexual > > > > preference, however, how can one claim to be a "Christian" > > > > after the bible says sodomy is a no go, and god killed a > > > > bunch of those that practiced it? Not to mention is the > > > > church free to make whatever bylaws it wants? Shouldn't they > > > > be able to say no gay ministers? I mean the military still > > > > does and that's a government institution. > > > > > > > > Timothy Heald > > > > Information Systems Specialist > > > > Overseas Security Advisory Council > > > > U.S. Department of State > > > > 571.345.2235 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 2:40 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > > > > > > > > > > Isn't that what's happening now, i.e., Laramie Wyoming and > > > > the most recent > > > > election fiasco with the Episcopalian Church. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > At 01:33 PM 8/5/2003 -0500, Doug White wrote: > > > > > > > > >If we decriminalized these so-called crimes what would be > > > > left for the > > > > >right-wing to do? Gang up on the homos? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
