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Remember, you got a break from all this homosexual clergy news yesterday …

Reaction to the confirmation of Gene Robinson:

• What can I do? | I just learned that the Episcopal Church confirmed its first homosexual bishop. How can I voice my concerns about this? (Focus on the Family)
  
  
• Episcopal church plays Russian Roulette on the gay issue | During these 30-odd years of early adoption of whatever mores the avant-garde of secular society has embraced, there has been only one snag: The Episcopal Church has declined precipitously in both membership and influence (Charlotte Allen, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Lead us not … ! | The West today is following a secular-materialist philosophy, which it imposes on all other human beings — whether they like it or not (Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal, Arab News)
  
  
• Fight homosexuality, says bishop | Anglican Church of Kenya Bishop Beneah Salalah said the vice was a big scandal that must be prevented from taking root in the country and the African continent (East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  

• Two worlds collide in Anglican Church | By confirming an openly gay priest as a bishop for the first time last week, the Episcopal Church set off shock waves of discord that are being felt as far away as Africa (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Church of Uganda axes U.S. diocese | The Church of Uganda has said it is cutting off relations with the New Hampshire Diocese and its gay bishop-elect, the Rev. Gene Robinson, if he is consecrated (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda)
  
  
• A priest speaks his mind | When the Rev. Steven R. Randall learned that his denomination had consented to the first openly homosexual bishop in mainline Protestantism, he decided he could no longer trust the Episcopal Church and its leaders (The Washington Times)
  
  
• Local churches say no to gay bishop | Christian churches here have collectively stated that they would not condone the appointment of homosexuals as church leaders following the ascension of an openly gay bishop in America (The Star, Malaysia)
  
  

• Homosexuals: In deference to God or mammon? | The world is currently enmeshed in the controversy of the elevation of one of them to a top religious order. Is it a sign that homosexuality is being accepted as normal practice in the society? Most religious leaders rage against it with all the armories in their arsenal. (This Day, Nigeria)
  
  

More reaction within the Episcopal Church:

• Gays in church and state | The Episcopal Church names its first openly gay bishop as a Massachusetts court considers legalizing same-sex marriage (Newsweek)
  
  
• The gay guessing game | Manchester Cathedral chiefs have NOT agreed to let gay American bishop-elect Canon Gene Robinson preach there in October (Manchester Online)
  
  
• Episcopalians' opinions on bishop clash | Clergy and their congregants in two parishes illustrate the church's division over a gay prelate (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Episcopal priest pops up in a new pulpit | Over the past week, the Rev. Jack Potter has found himself thrust into a role he never asked for—TV talk show pundit (Woonsocket Call, R.I.)
  
  

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August (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47