Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Lambeth Diary: 'Gene must resign, US church must go'

http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2008/07/lambeth-diary-c.html

[Times Online] 23 Jul 2008--As I write this the Archbishop of Sudan Dr Daniel Deng is sitting behind me in the press room, calling for Gene Robinson to resign. 'God is not making a mistake creating Adam and Eve, he said. 'He would have created two Adams if he wanted.' Our news report on this is now online. Dr Deng had just come from a meeting of the 150-plus Global South bishops at the Lambeth Conference, representing 17 provinces. And this has just come in from Bishop of Fort Worth Jack Iker: 'Those Bishops who stand in solidarity with Gene Robinson should withdraw themselves from further participation in the Lambeth Conference. Having failed in several attempts to include Gene in the Conference, his supporters should themselves feel a sense of rejection from the Conference itself. Integrity and honesty would dictate that they should stand with Gene - excluded from full participation in the Lambeth Conference. Is this all talk, or is it backed up by action?'

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