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The right...of segregation is clearly established by the holy scriptures...

howfar — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:39:58 -0800

Missouri pastor's protest against equal rights has a twist in the tail (SLYT)

"I give thanks for those who disagree . . . yet know that we are one in Jesus Christ.”

Madamina — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:26:51 -0800

On Saturday, Scott Anderson became the first openly gay person to be ordained as a minister by the Presbyterian Church (USA), the nation's 10th-largest denomination. But the ceremony actually marked his second ordination, after he was forced to step down from the pulpit, under threat of blackmail, 20 years before. At the time, Anderson had donated his pastoral stole to the Shower of Stoles Project, including over 1000 items representing LGBT people of faith barred from the ministry. Saturday's ceremony also marked the first time that a donated object was returned to its owner. Anderson's ordination, following a multi-year fight, brings the number of American denominations who accept openly gay pastors to five. The other four are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) (7th), the Episcopal Church (United States) (14th), United Churches of Christ (21st) and the Unitarian Universalists. Numbers here. Anderson chose Rev. Mark Achtemeier of Dubuque to give the sermon. Rev. Achtemeier, an "evangelical conservative," had once led the charge against gay clergy before experiencing a turnaround two years ago. Oh -- and some folks with big stupid signs showed up, too, but they reinforced their reputation for irony.

Theological Clusterf***

rodmandirect — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:03:08 -0800

Who Goes to Hell? An editorial response (by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, posted on Foxnews.com) to the controversy of Chad Holtz, a Methodist Church pastor in North Carolina, having been fired for questioning whether hell exists.

"Say it with me: Automatic. Withdrawal."

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:11:05 -0800

Pastor Ed Young comes up with the spiritual successor to Give us all your money

Have you seen the staff photos??

mattbucher — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:55:35 -0800

Remember Ted Haggard? In addition to a Denver pastor recently stepping down amid gay sex allegations, now a colleague of Haggard's at New Life Church has been dismissed for "one instance of consensual sexual contact with another unmarried adult several years ago." Whatever that means.

Irene Elizabeth Stroud, an associate pastor at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia, was accused of flouting the church's ban on homosexual clergy.

three blind mice — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:03:29 -0800

In the first open trial for the Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Council in more than 50 years, the Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud was accused of violating church law by openly living with her partner in a committed relationship. Jurors were instructed that they had a duty to "hold a good pastor accountable to the standard with which we all live'' under the Methodist Book of Discipline. The jury voted 7-6 to withdraw Stroud's ministerial credentials at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia. She was defrocked, so to speak. Laicized. Ostracized. Demonized.

I'm Totally and Utterly Gobsmacked

bclark — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:32:31 -0800

I'm Totally and Utterly Gobsmacked Hmm... horses, sheep ... British gay people? Well, it's better than having entrail explode in your mouth, I guess.