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[Charmed™]

Episcopal head fires warning shot to bishop



published Friday, November 2, 2007


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Pittsburgh's bishop could face discipline if he continues to support efforts to split his diocese from the Episcopal Church, the presiding bishop of the national church warned in a letter.
Representatives of the Pittsburgh Diocese are set to vote Friday during their annual convention in Johnstown on constitutional amendments that would start the process of splitting from the national church.
Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan is among the leaders of a conservative U.S. movement that believes the Episcopal Church is abandoning the primary authority of Scripture, with biblical teachings on sexuality being the flashpoint of the debate.
The rift between conservatives and the Episcopal Church, the Anglican body in the U.S., has widened since the denomination consecrated New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who is openly gay, in 2003.
Duncan would not comment on Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's letter, which was dated Wednesday, until he addresses the convention, a diocese spokesman said.
"I will say that, to us, it appears to be an attempt to intimidate our convention," spokesman Peter Frank said.
If given preliminary approval, Pittsburgh's secession measures would have to be passed at the next convention in November 2008 to become binding, Frank said.
Jefferts Schori's letter does not specify what discipline Duncan could face, but warns: "If your course does not change, I shall regrettably be compelled to see that appropriate canonical steps are promptly taken to consider whether you have abandoned the Communion of this Church ... and whether you have committed canonical offenses that warrant disciplinary action."




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Duncan could ultimately be "deposed from office and declared to have abandoned communion with the Episcopal church," Frank said.
A majority of the 77 million-member Anglican Communion, a loose-knit worldwide coalition of churches that align themselves with the Church of England, hold traditional views that homosexuality is condemned by Scripture, while a majority in the Episcopal Church do not. Pittsburgh is one of at least four Episcopal dioceses out of 110 -- along with Fort Worth, Texas; Quincy, Ill.; and San Joaquin, Calif. -- that are taking steps to break away from the national church and align with an overseas Anglican leader.
The Fort Worth Diocese will meet Nov. 16-17 for a preliminary vote on measures similar to those weighed at the Pittsburgh convention.
San Joaquin gave preliminary approval to similar measures in December, and they would become binding if they are approved at its diocesan convention next month.
Quincy representatives last month gave preliminary approval to two amendments that "would allow our diocese to realign and affiliate with a different province of the Anglican communion," said the Rev. John Spencer, spokesman for the Quincy diocese. Those measures won't become binding unless the diocese approves them again at another synod, which has not been scheduled, Spencer said. (Joe Mandak, AP)
Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[°º¤ø,¸ |The Risherz| ¸,ø¤º]

That's terrible that he felt he had to end their lives because they wouldn't have accepted him being gay.

[~*tony*~]

Aquilla why does everythiung you post have to involve the " gay " scene , seriously straight people don't bang on about being straight so gay people shouldn't bang on about being gay either .

atleast i don't anyway .

oh and take that gayflag union out your siggy , it's gay



You say u wanna be treated like everybody else , yet your loud & proud , and that's okay ... but when your as loud as the 5:30 to london , it gets a little annoying .

[Cat]

Wow I bet his parents felt calm and peaceful as he pointed a gun at them and explained he was going to spare them any grief they may experience when he topped himself. Such a considerate son. I notice his aim wasn't so good when it came to himself.

This has nothing to do with his sexuality. It's to do with the fact he got dumped, couldn't handle it and lashed out at the nearest and easiest target. He would have probably done exactly the same thing if he'd been straight.

At least if he's sent to prison the mental b@stard will have plenty of men to ogle.

[AFG_47]

Originally Posted by ~*tony*~

Aquilla why does everythiung you post have to involve the " gay " scene , seriously straight people don't bang on about being straight so gay people shouldn't bang on about being gay either .

atleast i don't anyway .

oh and take that gayflag union out your siggy , it's gay

You say u wanna be treated like everybody else , yet your loud & proud , and that's okay ... but when your as loud as the 5:30 to london , it gets a little annoying .

He was a gay admin
And this is gay forum what do you expect idiot

[°º¤ø,¸ |The Risherz| ¸,ø¤º]

Originally Posted by ~*tony*~

Aquilla why does everythiung you post have to involve the " gay " scene , seriously straight people don't bang on about being straight so gay people shouldn't bang on about being gay either .

Well Tony, I believe this is the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual forum. And by the header of this thread "Gay News" it is obviously going to be about the "gay" scene.

Maybe straight people would "bang" on about being straight if there was such thing as a Straight forum in here and before you say no they wouldn't, you don't know until you've tried it.

Originally Posted by ~*tony*~

atleast i don't anyway .

No you don't, instead you criticise Andy about informing this forum about an issue that HAD to do with someone from the gay community. To me, the reason he killed himself was due to the fact that his parents musn't have been acceptive of his sexuality which is a HUGE problem in today's society.

Originally Posted by ~*tony*~

oh and take that gayflag union out your siggy , it's gay

Oh I see, I think it's not Andy's posts that are getting to you. It's because he's gay isn't it? Gee, we wouldn't have a homophobe case on our hands now would we?

Originally Posted by ~*tony*~

You say u wanna be treated like everybody else , yet your loud & proud , and that's okay ... but when your as loud as the 5:30 to london , it gets a little annoying .

If Andy's posts annoy you so much, don't bother to read them. If you see his name, scroll to the next post. He has the right to be heard just as much as you do mate but nobody WANTS to hear criticising rants coming from a homophobe, simply because somebody wanted to make a thread about gay news.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE MEDIOCRE.

[Cat]

Originally Posted by °º¤ø,¸ |The Risherz| ¸,ø¤º

No you don't, instead you criticise Andy about informing this forum about an issue that HAD to do with someone from the gay community. To me, the reason he killed himself was due to the fact that his parents musn't have been acceptive of his sexuality which is a HUGE problem in today's society.

Did you actually read everything that was posted about this guy? He didn't kill himself because of his sexuality. He murdered his parents, then tried to kill himself, (he failed) because he got dumped. Nothing to do with being gay, nor his parents, because they allowed him and his gay lover to move into the garage and convert it into an apartment.

In other words the guy is a nasty piece of work who couldn't handle rejection and someone was going to pay. That's glaringly obvious because his aim was true when he aimed at his parents, but somehow faltered when it came to himself.

[Who]

that happens to straight people all the time. i fail to see how this is 'gay news' its just regular daily crap that proves our society is going downhill.

to me gay news is legal issues, laws being passed, or some kind of scientific studies being done that center around homosexuality. not some dumbass who flipped cause he got dumped (and he prolly got dumped because he was crazy)

[Aquilla]

BY Jeni Quirke
Pinkpaper.com
All rights acknowledged

A devout Christian from Wigan near Manchester who describes homosexuality as “a sin” was locked up behind police cell bars for eight hours after refusing to be served by a gay librarian.

Active campaigner against gay adoption rights Joe Fairclough was visiting his local library in Leigh, Wigan when he told a gay employee that he wanted to be served by someone else because he was against “gay marriage”.

Fairclough, 58, was instantly barred from the premises by the staff member he insulted, but returned to library the following day anyway. He was again told to leave but after refusing the police were called to remove him.

The father of three, was taken outside and later arrested for making homophobic remarks under a Public Order Offence when two of the library employees complained that his comments caused them alarm and distress.

The semi-retired plumber was kept in police custody and interviewed for more than eight hours before being released at around 11.30pm without charge, due to insufficient evidence to prove that he intended to cause distress.

Peter Gascoigne, executive director for Leigh Library said that this wasn’t the first time Fairclough had tried to cause trouble at the library, including an occasion where he placed homophobic material on the library notice board together with a staged a protest and petition outside the building against the adoption rights of gay couples.

He told Pink Paper: “Fairclough demonstrated unacceptable behaviour on a number of occasions and in the end we felt we needed to take a sanction against him which banned him from using the library.

“It’s not something which we’ve done lightly but we serve residents in the borough equally regardless of race, gender, sexuality, disability and we expect customers to treat our staff with the same level of respect.”

Police said that Fairclough’s behaviour was completely unacceptable in the library and was the culmination of a number of incidents involving him over the course of a year.

My Comment..

So what!!!

He did not like Gays, how did he know the person that served him was gay, he must have assumed I suppose, so what if he did, some peeps have probs with blond hair or green eyes.

Giving this person the attention he so craved, was enforced by involving the police.

PC gone mad, gay rights will never be achieved by such actions.

Talk about taking a hammer to crack a nut!

I Despair, at times, I really do...

Sheesh....................