tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post5883713354344182006..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: House RulesUndergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-33333525749163764862008-09-21T21:11:00.000-04:002008-09-21T21:11:00.000-04:00Another example of abandoning the faith once deliv...Another example of abandoning the faith once delivered:<BR/><BR/>The Bishop of New Hampshire, V. GENE ROBINSON has broken with tradition and endorsed a candidate for political office. In a letter published on "LGBT for Obama," a website that states it serves as the "lesbian, gay, bisexual and <BR/>transgender community's online campaign to educate voters on John McCain's anti-gay policies", Bishop Gene Robinson called on all LGBT voters to "put our <BR/>differences and disappointments aside, and get behind the one candidate who has <BR/>our interests at heart."<BR/><BR/>On Sept. 4 Bishop Robinson wrote that LGBT voters are "faced with the most stark choice in recent memory, with ramifications for our community like no other. If <BR/>nothing else convinces you to vote for Barack Obama, surely the likelihood of the next president appointing one, two, or possibly even three Supreme Court <BR/>justices should do it."<BR/><BR/>While endorsing specific issues and or programs is not uncommon, lending the support of the episcopal office to a single candidate is uncommon and perhaps <BR/>even illegal. It also skirts US tax laws, as clergy or church endorsements are prohibited by a 1954 amendment to the Internal Revenue Code. Nonprofit, <BR/>tax-exempt entities may not "participate in, or intervene in . . . any political <BR/>campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office."<BR/><BR/>Not so long ago, All Saints' Church Pasadena, home to lesbian Integrity leader <BR/>Susan Russell almost got its non-profit license pulled for opposing the policies of George Bush. The IRS failed in their campaign, (and should have), but it would seem that Robinson has stepped way over the line by openly endorsing a <BR/>candidate for the White House!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-24677499411240398762008-09-21T18:54:00.000-04:002008-09-21T18:54:00.000-04:00At 815, the targets of opportunity are plenty. St...At 815, the targets of opportunity are plenty. Start with those who violate their own canons and rules in order to lynch a righteous and God-fearing bishop. Julian, the sniping will stop when the alleged leadership returns to the faith once delivered. Until that time, the guerrilla warfare continues.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890870828860228480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-6435023718721249272008-09-21T15:15:00.000-04:002008-09-21T15:15:00.000-04:00Julian,Relax and have a beer. Remember "they also...Julian,<BR/><BR/>Relax and have a beer. Remember "they also serve who stand and do nothing."<BR/><BR/>But seriously, I think sniping is helpful and I encourage more snipers to open fire. Targets of opportunity are aplenty, and I have declared the entire theatre of operations a free fire zone.<BR/><BR/>Before you tell me I don't have the authority to do so, remember, if it's a free fire zone for me the enemy better make it one for him too, and that goes for anyone wearing a uniform in theatre. As the Clint Eastwood character Muny in the film "The Unforgiven" replied when the local sheriff exclaimed,"you just shot an unarmed man!; "Well he should of armed himself if he was going to decorate his saloon with my (dead) friend."<BR/><BR/>Mark your targets.Fr. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097549748468739701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-2710269986229852682008-09-20T07:02:00.000-04:002008-09-20T07:02:00.000-04:00I guess what has me really confused is why you cho...I guess what has me really confused is why you choose to spend huge amounts of your time here sniping, rather than pitching in and helping the rest of us build up.<BR/>It doesn't help your case that you choose to do under a pseudonym.<BR/>Hoping you someday have the self-confidence to sign your real name,<BR/>JSIIIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com