tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post5025766585631319243..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: INTEGRITY RESPONDS ...SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-41176466766773386442008-03-16T12:30:00.000-07:002008-03-16T12:30:00.000-07:00It hurts to listen when someone is trying to tell ...It hurts to listen when someone is trying to tell me I could just be straight if I wanted to be. I hurts to listen when others speak to the stereotype they see because they don't want to get to know the person I am. It hurts when I am told it is an oxymoron to call myself a gay Christian because gays are not Christians and Christians are not gay. It hurts when I hear any stereotype (last Monday Manny Publiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424093493098356128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-88421795800701643432008-03-14T12:12:00.000-07:002008-03-14T12:12:00.000-07:00Ronf, since we are asking blunt questions, is it j...Ronf, since we are asking blunt questions, is it just possible that you could be wrong? <BR/><BR/>The listening process is working, as documentaries such as “For the Bible Tells Me So” and Susan and Louise’s own “Voices of Witness,” and the ordination of Gene Robinson attest.uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-2070809245415069382008-03-13T15:26:00.000-07:002008-03-13T15:26:00.000-07:00Actually, Ron, the contrary seems to be true. In t...Actually, Ron, the contrary seems to be true. <BR/><BR/>In the places where there has been an intentional effort to listen to the witness of the LGBT faithful there seems not to be the same hell-bent-for-schism ethos in operation as there is in those places where the term "LGBT faithful" is regarded as an oxymoron.<BR/><BR/>No one ... repeat for emphasis ... <B>NO ONE</B> ... is defining SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-25307946493837610282008-03-13T14:39:00.000-07:002008-03-13T14:39:00.000-07:00It runs completely contrary to the promise made at...<I>It runs completely contrary to the promise made at the last Lambeth Conference 'to listen to the experience of homosexual persons' (see Lambeth 1998 Resolution 1.10.) making a travesty of the so-called 'Listening Process.'"</I><BR/><BR/>Has it ever occurred to anyone that people HAVE been listening over the last 10 years and have simply decided that you're wrong? Or does it only count as RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.com