... an Episcopalian Bishop has found a way.
So of the two sacraments the Protestant Reformation held on to, Baptism and Matrimony, the Episcopalians find one of them too much trouble to bother with anymore. Pretty soon they'll end up with 7 Commandments, 6 Beatitudes and 1-1/2 days in the tomb. Provided they even believe that much, anymore.
Way at the bottom of the story is this line: "One of the most popular venues for weddings (which will not be hosting same-sex marriage ceremonies any time soon) is the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento." Is that to imply that the converse is true? That the cathedral will be hosting same-sex marriage ceremonies sometime in the future? Why else include the qualifier "any time soon", unless to shift the viewpoint in a particular direction? Can you say "a-gen-da"?
I'm looking forward to hearing what Paul has to say over at Thoughts of a Regular Guy when he returns from vacation. He's had some great posts on this whole so-called same-sex marriage situation out in California.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
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Quite understandable. The idea that a Church does not blow on the winds of modernity is too alien to them. The idea that the Holy Spirit does guides the Church must not be admitted by them. No human institution could survive this long, yet they don't want to admit that that Church is a divine institution.
Thanks for thinking of me!
This is another of the "oh-so-reasonable" side of the gay "marriage" movement, although with a different twist.
"Libertarians" (so-called, they're really libertines) like to call on the state to "get out of the marriage business".
This fellow wants religion to get out of the marriage business.
The underlying goal of both is the same: mandatory approval of homosexual relationships, and the destruction of the family.
Hey Paul - welcome back!
The frightening part is "mandatory approval" - future discourse of why so-called same sex marriage is wrong will result in hate speech charges, ala Canada re: homosexual behaviour.
I wouldn't read TOO much into the "any time soon" - it struck me as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek understatement. Kind of like saying "Barack Obama won't be sending National Right to Life a contribution any time soon"...
Kasia - you could be right, but given that the article concerned the Episcopalians in general and this bishop in particular, referencing the Cathedral is irrelevant, and adding the qualifier doubly so.
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