Virginia Bishop: Conflict a Religious Liberty Issue

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/1/25/virginia-bishop-conflict-a-religious-liberty-issue

[The Living Church] 26 Jan 2008--The Rt. Rev. Peter Lee, Bishop of Virginia, told members and guests attending the first day of the diocese’s annual council in Reston that the current “shadow” of litigation over the diocese is worth the expense because of the cause’s “serious consequences for religious liberty.

“If the attorney general’s view of the law prevails, it will mean that the Commonwealth of Virginia gives preference to churches with congregational governance, discriminates against churches that are hierarchical or connectional in their governance, and intrudes into the doctrine and discipline of communities of faith,” Bishop Lee said in his Jan. 25 address.