Mark, He claims to be living celebately but continues to co-habitate with his Sodomite lover in a home that they jointly purchased. Forgive the decided Evangelical if he is less than convinced. Soli Deo Gloria! Drew Collins The Rev. Deacon Charles A. Collins, Jr., S.B.R., M.Div. Hospice Chaplain 5803 Stewart St. Hanahan, SC 29406 Home: (843) 554-6833 Office: (843) 554-4048 E-mail: evanglican@... Weblog: http://www.palmettoanglican.blogspot.com/ "The Churches, which the Apostles thus addressed as elect and on which they impress the blesings and priviledges of their election, are still treated by them as in a state of probation, and their electionis represented, not merely as a source of comfort, but also as full of responsibility." -- The Rt. Rev. Edward Harold Browne >From: "Mark Clavier+" <anglican@...> >Reply-To: faithandlife@... >To: <faithandlife@...> >Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Don't pick on mama >Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:01:09 -0400 > >Charles+, > >The Church of England issue is a sad one. The man appointed to become the >suffragan bishop of Reading is an avowed homosexual who has been living >celibately for a number of years now and has given assurances that he will >continue to do so. There might be grounds for opposing him because of his >support for same-sex unions (though he has agreed to abide by the CoE >statement on human sexuality). That the man's homosexuality has been made >THE issue (mainly by Anglican Evangelicals who tend not to make the >distinction between a celibate homosexual and a practicing one as clearly >as >do Catholics) I think is doing conservatives more harm than good. It is an >issue altogether different from bishop-elect Gene Robinson of New Hampshire >who makes no apologies for his continuing homosexual relationship. > >Mark+ > > >-- >To unsubscribe, send ANY message to ><faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail