tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988870184363644257.post5786062647139719652..comments2023-10-26T04:49:17.512-07:00Comments on Perpetua of Carthage: Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches Bless Same Sex Unions and Ordain Partnered Gay ClergyPerpetuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632860530530786486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988870184363644257.post-28150550752079280182008-06-16T09:58:00.000-07:002008-06-16T09:58:00.000-07:00Hi Anglican Pewster, Yes, the church leaders think...Hi Anglican Pewster, <BR/><BR/>Yes, the church leaders think they are being led by the culture and the culture thinks they are being led by the church. In reality both the culture and the church are being led by a small, motivated and highly organized group of gay activists. <BR/><BR/>The mis-impressions created by this article are part of that propaganda spiral. Now the people who read it think that both the Presbyterian Church and the Episcopal Church already have these policies which are actually still in contention.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632860530530786486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988870184363644257.post-20060580141688249692008-06-16T09:20:00.000-07:002008-06-16T09:20:00.000-07:00That last quotation, when read in the context of t...That last quotation, when read in the context of the reporter's chart showing that TEC and the Presbyterian Church "do not require celibacy, do bless same-sex unions," makes me wonder if the public thinks the Churches are leading the laity to this end, but the shepherd Andrus sheepishly admits in your final quotation that culture is leading the Church to a new reality (just what is a new reality?).<BR/>To say the very least, the Chronicle Religion writer should be turned over to the Religionistas at <A HREF="http://www.getreligion.org/" REL="nofollow"> Get Religion </A>.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com