The first openly gay Episcopal bishop, who became a symbol for gay rights far beyond the church while deeply dividing the world’s Anglicans, plans to divorce his husband.Bishop Gene Robinson has never been fully accepted within the more than 70 million-member Anglican Communion, which is rooted in the Church of England and represented in the United States by the Episcopal Church. MORE

Well here is another possible link to God’s wrath towards man’s sinful behavior. It’s hard to be judgmental without knowing all the facts but on the surface it looks pretty positive that the Lord has voiced His displeasure over these type’s of actions by society. Not to mention all of the horrific weather conditions all over the world. In this case the horrific loss of life and mostly young people. MORE

This sets forth the arguments in favor of traditional marriage and exposes the flaws in those advancing same-sex “marriage” as well or better than anything I have seen. 

In 2006, 57 percent of Virginia’s voters voted to amend their state’s constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Last week, U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen ruled the amendment unconstitutional. MORE

The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some even used to heat hospitals, an investigation has found. Ten NHS trusts have admitted burning foetal remains alongside other rubbish while two others used the bodies in ‘waste-to-energy’ plants which generate power for heat. At least 15,500 foetal remains were incinerated by 27 NHS trusts over the last two years alone, Channel 4’s Dispatches discovered. MORE

Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to study same-sex unions, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday. According to Dolan, Francis wants church leaders to “look into it and see the reasons that have driven them.” “It wasn’t as if he came out and approved them,”  Dolan said.  “He said, ‘Rather than quickly condemn them, let’s just ask the questions as to why that has appealed to certain people.” LINK

Dearly Beloved in Christ,

In recent months the news media has focused its attention on the extremely high number of marriage annulments which are annually granted by the modern “Catholic” Church, especially in the United States. An annulments is an official declaration by the Catholic Church that a marriage is invalid — that is, not a true marriage — from its very inception. LINK

Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s opposition to gay marriage on Wednesday, but suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support some types of civil unions. The Pope reiterated the church’s longstanding teaching that “marriage is between a man and a woman.” However, he said, “We have to look at different cases and evaluate them in their variety.”LINK

Damn right they do. I remember asking a Priest professor at an Adult Theology class, “at what point does the Church consider one to be drunk?”  His answer was,”Whenever he can no longer stand on their own two feet.” I replied, that’s whats wrong with the Catholic Church.” This was 45 years ago. You can see how much the drinking laws have changed since then. Continue reading →

The Walt Disney Company has joined a growing list of corporate sponsors to cut ties with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) over a controversial policy banning gay adult leaders. In an email posted online Friday by Scouts for Equality, an alumni association dedicated to ending anti-gay discrimination in the BSA, the board president of the BSA’s Central Florida Council alerted Scout leaders and parents of the entertainment company’s decision. LINK

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Wednesday that it was prepared to set aside $4 million in its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate clergy sexual abuse victims, an amount one victim called “obscene” in its stinginess. LINK

If God is not mad at me and if he will never love me more than he does right now, then why can’t I party my way through life? The underlying fear is that unconditional grace leads to licentiousness. LINK

Were we judgmental before knowing all of the facts?
Were you aware that foolishness is sinful? Continue reading →