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?  [message #30338] Tue, 28 March 2006 18:35 Go to next message
Deeej is currently offline  Deeej

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Re: ?  [message #30339 is a reply to message #30338] Tue, 28 March 2006 19:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This chap is, I am afraid, famous for being gay, rather than famous and happening to be gay.

He was, unfortunately, the subject of a scandal in the Church (by which I mean the Church of England and the Anglican Communion) a couple of years ago. Another reason why African and other ultra-conservative churches really shouldn't have anything to do with the C of E.

Most reasonably aware Brits'll know this, but I'd be surprised if it hasn't filtered across the Atlantic too. I can't quite remember -- we might even have had him already. If so, sorry!

David
Re: ?  [message #30342 is a reply to message #30339] Tue, 28 March 2006 21:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The American Anglicans had their own similar "scandal", when Gene Robertson was appointed bishop of New Hampshire. He had a brave and straightforward response to the calls by some African church leaders for him to step down:

"Intemperate language from archbishops in the Anglican Communion calling gays and lesbians lower than dogs and saying my consecration was a satanic attack on God's church - that's catastrophic when we treat one another like that."

"I want to be in Archbishop Kalona's church, I just wish he would want me to be in his."

(BBC)

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Re: ?  [message #30343 is a reply to message #30342] Tue, 28 March 2006 21:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You mean Gene Robinson. Smile
Re: ?  [message #30346 is a reply to message #30338] Tue, 28 March 2006 23:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It looks like Reg Dwight, but obviously isn't. However, the face is vaguely familiar.

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Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.

…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
Re: ?  [message #30347 is a reply to message #30346] Tue, 28 March 2006 23:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Private Eye noticed that. There is a funny coincidence in the name, too.

Deeej
I mentioned him in a post a couple of weeks ago ...  [message #30374 is a reply to message #30338] Wed, 29 March 2006 03:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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... it's Dr. Jeffrey John, the recently-appointed Dean of St. Albans, who admits to being gay, though celibate. The lily-livered leadership of the Church of England blocked his nomination as a Suffragan Bishop, though he displays the required credentials in spades!



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
I mentioned him in a post a couple of weeks ago ...  [message #30375 is a reply to message #30338] Wed, 29 March 2006 03:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cossie is currently offline  cossie

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... it's Dr. Jeffrey John, the recently-appointed Dean of St. Albans, who admits to being gay, though celibate. The lily-livered leadership of the Church of England blocked his nomination as a Suffragan Bishop, though he displays the required credentials in spades!



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
I have always tended to repeat myself! Sorry!  [message #30376 is a reply to message #30375] Wed, 29 March 2006 03:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
Re: I mentioned him in a post a couple of weeks ago ...  [message #30383 is a reply to message #30374] Wed, 29 March 2006 03:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deeej is currently offline  Deeej

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Absolutely right. Over to you, Cossie.

P.S. Post another apology for repeating yourself. It would appeal to my sense of humour. Smile
I only ever repeat myself ...  [message #30385 is a reply to message #30383] Wed, 29 March 2006 03:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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... in order to convince pedants that I really do mean what I say!



For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
Re: ?  [message #30401 is a reply to message #30343] Wed, 29 March 2006 17:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yes, of course I did! :-[
Re: ?  [message #30402 is a reply to message #30401] Wed, 29 March 2006 17:07 Go to previous message
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... I do! (present tense)
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