tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post5901301331941032550..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: GO, Susan!!!SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-88882597998389174882007-10-04T08:59:00.000-07:002007-10-04T08:59:00.000-07:00Dear Susan,I intend to ask my bishop at the Midwes...Dear Susan,<BR/><BR/>I intend to ask my bishop at the Midwest Integrity Leadership Conference tomorrow, but would like to get your take also....<BR/><BR/>What is the effective difference between an "authorized liturgy" for same-sex blessings, and a permitted "pastoral response" (which includes a "priestly blessing") to LGBT unions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-48156543336416878712007-10-03T13:04:00.000-07:002007-10-03T13:04:00.000-07:00You know, the more I think about the actions of th...You know, the more I think about the actions of the HoB the more I say to myself, "What do you expect"? This is a group that in an earlier time refused to expel a member that published arguments against basic Christian principles such as the divinity of Christ and the Trinity, seemingly on the basis of collegiality and not wanting to be ridiculed for holding a heresy trial. If they won't stand RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-37652848817124924292007-10-02T14:20:00.000-07:002007-10-02T14:20:00.000-07:00All I can say is, why doesn't Ms. Thistlewaite aim...All I can say is, why doesn't Ms. Thistlewaite aim her fire at liberal Roman Catholics who haven't abandoned Rome to go over to the Episcopal Church to help out in the trenches where we're trying to fix some historical issues with women's ordination, gays and whatnot? Where is her condemnation of them?<BR/><BR/>Where is her condemnation of liberal Southern Baptists like Jimmy Carter and Bill Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-78205527676043469662007-10-02T10:34:00.000-07:002007-10-02T10:34:00.000-07:00The “compromise” position that strengthened the 20...<I>The “compromise” position that strengthened the 2006 resolution on “restraint” in consecrating gay bishops and that explained that the Episcopal Church has no official liturgy for same sex blessing is a gentler form of deception.</I><BR/><BR/>This, OTOH, I can agree with fully. Those of traditional faith are not fooled by the lack of an official liturgy for blessing relationships among same RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-74813820251194085682007-10-02T10:27:00.000-07:002007-10-02T10:27:00.000-07:00I'm not clear on what is meant by the phrase "liar...I'm not clear on what is meant by the phrase "liar society".<BR/><BR/>I doubt that the current President of Iran thinks that he is going to convince his society as a whole that there are no homosexuals in Iran, nor that women are free there or that the Holocaust didn't happen. I doubt that he thinks he'll convince us, either. All I can figure is that he thinks that public denial will somehow RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-42317325168826428072007-10-02T09:26:00.000-07:002007-10-02T09:26:00.000-07:00And no, for those emailing me offline, I am NOT fo...And no, for those emailing me offline, I am NOT forgetting that the bishops don't have the authority to overturn something that General Convention does ... even something so ill-advised as B033. <BR/><BR/>That's ALL of our jobs in Anaheim.<BR/><BR/>What they did have the authority to do -- and failed -- was to offer a response that didn't presume to "interpret" the resolution on behalf of the SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-12716018800311436872007-10-02T08:08:00.000-07:002007-10-02T08:08:00.000-07:00Susan:It was wonderful to read Ms. Thistlethwaite'...Susan:<BR/><BR/>It was wonderful to read Ms. Thistlethwaite's words, but when I went to the Newsweek site I noticed that almost all of the comments were hate-filled, vicious, and bible-thumping. She (and you) must have to have a thick skin to be out there on the front lines and not get your feelings hurt! <BR/><BR/>Bless you both!<BR/><BR/>-JonathanJack Sprathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894134532509615370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-35830994022779352962007-10-02T05:53:00.000-07:002007-10-02T05:53:00.000-07:00Susan, Thank you so much for sharing this. I agree...Susan, <BR/>Thank you so much for sharing this. I agree with Professor Thistlethwaite 100% and its encouraging to hear such clear voiced honesty. Two Susans hit the nail on the head!Clark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301060530118112301noreply@blogger.com