Integrity or a Lie?
According to The Times of London (as reported by the Catholic News Agency, Aug. 3), “Vicky” Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, said the Anglican Church of England would be close to shutting down if it weren’t for “gay” and lesbian clergy. No doubt, this is true.
Robinson said that many clergy live with “gay” and lesbian partners, with the full knowledge of their Church of England bishops, but their bishops warn them against making their relationships public. This is subterfuge, actually a lie.
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It would appear that homosexuals are a special breed entitled to special privileges in the Episcopal Church.
Many Episcopalians still feel that theirs is a genuinely American church with some sort of preferential status conferred on it by history.
One strain of Anglicanism, the Anglo-Catholic, was privileged over the others and contained ambiguities that were to cause disagreement and strife.