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• Episcopal diocese to weigh options | Gay bishop vote prompts meeting (The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.)
  
  
• Episcopal angst: Vote on gay bishop divides the ranks | The past week has seen religious leaders and secular pundits alike have much to say about the elevation of an openly gay clergyman (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• ELCA maintains ties to Episcopalians | Assembly sticking to plan for '05 vote on sexuality issues (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
  
  
• A divided Episcopal Church? | A great many Episcopalians are apparently willing to leave doctrinal questions unresolved as long as the effort to grapple with them is rooted in traditional forms of Anglican worship and prayer, and produces a stronger spiritual community engaged in effective local outreach and good works (Peter Steinfels, The New York Times)
  
  
• Open and shut | Episcopalian and Catholic churches take different road to reach policy decisions on gay issues (Robert McClory, Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• The pink posse takes on America | Gay is the word in living rooms, churches and political chambers across the States this season (The Observer, London)
  
  
• The Anglican Mainstream | It's not where Americans might think (Diane Knippers, The Weekly Standard)
  
  

Reaction from Africa to Anglicanism's first openly gay bishop:

• Campaign to merge churches | Retired Anglican Church of Kenya bishop urges three to unite against Western influence (The Nation, Nairobi)
  
  
• Reject homosexuals and lesbians, Anglican Church urges | The Church of Uganda has asked Ugandans to condemn homosexuality and lesbianism, which are slowly taking root in the country (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda)
  
  
• An issue angering Anglican Africans | The election of an openly gay bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church has revealed conflicts in the worldwide denomination (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Devil's advocate? | Secretary of the Anglican Diocese of Maseno South says there must be loopholes being exploited by the Church of England and, unless these are sealed, even the protests by the Kenyan Church may just be in vain (The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• 'We are disgusted' | Kenyan public reacts to newly appointed gay bishop (The East African Standard, Nairobi)
  
  
• When the archbishop calls | What is it about Anglicans and sex? (Colbert I. King, The Washington Post)
  
  

Judge Moore's Ten Commandment battle:

• Richard Land 'dismayed' at Moore's defiance of federal court order | "However much sympathy I may have for Judge Moore's beliefs and convictions about the Ten Commandments and the role they have played in Western civilization and American jurisprudence, I am dismayed at the prospect of a judge defying a court order," said president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (Baptist Press)
  
  
• Moore appeals to 11th Circuit | On Monday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson denied a request by Moore to stay the injunction that orders Moore's Ten Commandments monument removed by midnight on Wednesday (Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.)
  
  
• Judge: Monument must go | Says Moore wants 'direct confrontation' (The Birmingham News, Ala.)
  
  
• Pryor commitment | Attorney general, justices must move quickly against Commandments display (Editorial, The Birmingham News, Ala.)
  
  
• Moore and Moses | Alabama's chief justice challenges federal authority (Editorial, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

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