Tuesday, March 20, 2007

In the Tuesday News ...

Money Looms in Episcopalian Rift with Anglicans is the headline for today's NYTimes article on the "As the Anglican World Turns" saga. Read it all here ... and give thanks for evidence that mission, ministry and money is still flowing throughout the Communion contrary to what those hell-bent on schism at-any-price would have us believe.

Meanwhile, Why do straights hate gays? is the headline in an op-ed in the "other" Times (Los Angeles) today by Larry Kramer which includes these poignant questions: Why do you hate us so much that you will not permit us to legally love? I am almost 72, and I have been hated all my life, and I don't see much change coming ... You may say you don't hate us, but the people you vote for do, so what's the difference? Our own country's democratic process declares us to be unequal. Which means, in a democracy, that our enemy is you. You treat us like crumbs. You hate us. And sadly, we let you. Read it all here.

And "in other news" the HRC (Human Rights Campaign) has added Peggy Campolo to the list of luminaries who will be part of the April 17th Clergy Call for Justice and Equality: A Gathering in the Nation’s Capital. Read more about this historic gathering here ...

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