> Dean did not pass up an opportunity to confront the US President with > the opinions of the UCA. What he refused to do was to be part of the > landscape of christendom and give the tenor of the church's > acceptability to the civic authority. I am proud of a President who > considered it more important to live out our convictions to the > marginalised rathe than bask is some reflected glory amid the decaying > ruins of Christendom. I for one think it is a great witness to be able > to say where the priorities of our church are - illustrated by the > actions of our President.
After hearing the various opinions given regarding the UCA Presidents non-attendance at Mr Bushes speech at Parliament House, I'm proud that he didn't attend, but instead spend time with the 'down trodden'. The UCA Presidents presence at Mr Bushes speech would have just playing into the farce that that event was, suggesting that the UCA somehow approved of his actions, or recognized his claims to the power his so mis-appropriately wields. With much power comes much responsibility, and someone who's entire claim to power hangs on a few 'chads' and a loaded judicial system isn't really in a position to claim any real right to wield such power, let alone go to war (alone) because he can't get others to see it his way. Of course, Mr Howard thinks Mr Bush is the source of all sunlight, but then that's because Mr Howard still doesn't understand what a 'mandate' is, or how the senate functions to represent the people, after three terms in power. Oh what a weak collection of political leaders we have at the moment. The last thing the UCA needs to be doing is playing up to these fools, instead of addressing the real needs of others. Rodd PS. It's possible I'm raving at this point ;-] ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
