Thursday, December 27, 2007

Top 10 Religion Stories

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1690170_1692403,00.html

[Time] 27 Dec 2007--The U.S. Episcopal Church and its parent, the Anglican Communion, continue disintegrating over the issue of gay Christians. Beyond the human cost of this slow-motion implosion — sparked by the Episcopal Church's decision to consecrate an openly gay bishop in 2003 and to accept same-sex unions — the nasty split has already hatched custody battles over church property: Courts are generally being asked to determine whether the conservative parishes seceding from Episcopalianism over the gay issue can take their buildings with them — or whether they belong to the Episcopal diocese....

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