tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32474325.post6007461209877495465..comments2007-09-08T13:19:27.302-05:00Lisa Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32474325.post-15624831651463316842007-09-08T13:19:00.000-05:002007-09-08T13:19:00.000-05:00The problem with the Canon Brooks's emphasis on the rule of law is that there simply isn't a written code that precisely applies to the Anglican Communion's current situation. The Constitution of the ACC may indeed have some bearing, but it isn't (and does not claim to be) the constitution of the Anglican Communion itself. So the Constitution of the ACC does not&mdash;and cannot&mdash;answer the question, "Who can expel the Episcopal Church from the Anglican Communion?"<BR/><BR/>The absence of written constitutions for the Primates' Meeting and the Lambeth Conference are, in themselves, clear indicators that the relevant body of written law is at best incomplete. Such initiatives as the Windsor Report and the current movement among some Anglicans to develop an Anglican Covenant are, in fact, attempts to develop a "transparent framework previously agreed to by the parties" within which conversations can be held. Whether the parties are sufficiently interested in the level of interdependence required for such a conversation remains to be seen; certainly the Episcopal Church's official statements do not inspire much confidence on that head.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>--Peterphbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05810707774675254803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32474325.post-11493769450031191842007-09-06T10:59:00.000-05:002007-09-06T10:59:00.000-05:00From Schmitz Blitz: schmitzblitz.wordpress.com<BR/><BR/>“Homosexuality and lesbianism are inhuman. Those who practice them are insane, satanic and are not fit to live because they are rebels to God’s purpose for man.”<BR/><BR/>That quotation comes from Rt. Rev. Isaac Orama, Anglican Bishop of Uyo, Nigeria in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, in Nigeria, gays actually do face the death penalty.<BR/><BR/>It’s a shame that more and more American Episcopals prefer the hatred of the Anglican African Bishops as exemplified by Orama and Archbishop Akinola to accepting gay clergy in America.Elizabeth Schmitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718548132510388920noreply@blogger.com