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Archive for November, 2011

South Carolina Bishop Mark Lawrence Walks…For Now

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

By David Virtue, VOL The Episcopal Church's Disciplinary Board for Bishops concluded this week that South Carolina Bishop Mark Lawrence has not abandoned the communion of the Episcopal Church and dropped ... Read more..

Archbishop’s Advent letter to Anglican Primates

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Advent, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

To Primates of the Anglican Communion Moderators of the United Churches   My dear friends,   Greetings to you all in the Name of Jesus, who was, who is and who is to come. 1. This year ... Read more..

Toronto: Two motions on human sexuality approved

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

By Marites N Sison, Anglican Journal The diocese of Toronto synod has approved two motions on human sexuality, none of which changes its current experimental guidelines limiting same-gender blessings to about ... Read more..

U.S. Ordinariate announced

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Anglican Ordinariates | Comments Off

By George Conger, CEN The Vatican has set 1 January 2012 as the start date for the Anglican Ordinariate in the United States. The announcement was made by Cardinal Donald Wuerl ... Read more..

Scotland for Marriage petition

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Marriage, Petitions | Comments Off

Marriage is the union of one man to one woman, for life, to the exclusion of all others. Although death and divorce may prevent it, it is the ideal environment ... Read more..

‘3.6m people in Britain are gay – official’ – No, Wrong!

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Harry Templeton   Denis Campbell, social affairs correspondent for The Observer, wrote a brief article in December 2005 claiming, for the first time, that six percent of the population was gay. ... Read more..

Warning over ‘excessively strict’ discipline in UK madrassas

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Children/Family, Islam | Comments Off

By Graeme Paton, Telegraph Children attending some UK Islamic schools are being subjected to physical beatings as teachers use loopholes to get around a ban on corporal punishment, according to new ... Read more..

Bishop Lawrence Writes to the Diocese About Disciplinary Board Decision

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I write to you in this season of Advent when we await with eagerness the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in great glory to ... Read more..

Archbishop of Canterbury’s message for World AIDS Day 2011

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in AIDS, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

Dr Williams recorded the video message during a recent visit to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo which he describes as having been at ‘the epicentre of ... Read more..

Speech by Cardinal Keith O’Brien on St Andrews Day launch of ‘Scotland for Marriage’

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

From SCMO As we near the end of the Scottish Government’s 14 week consultation on same sex marriage, we should take a moment to congratulate the tens of thousands of Scots ... Read more..

Scotland for Marriage launched on St. Andrew’s Day

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

From SCMO Cardinal Keith O’Brien, former SNP leader Gordon Wilson, and Ann Allen of the Church of Scotland will be the keynote speakers at a pro-marriage rally outside the Scottish Parliament ... Read more..

PayPal returns frozen funds to pro-family activist following internet protest

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Gay Activism | Comments Off

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LifeSite News The PayPal corporation has returned funds it froze mid-September in pro-life and pro-family activist Julio Severo’s account following a campaign by militant homosexuals to cut ... Read more..

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Open Meeting Violations Suit Against New York Same-Sex Marriage

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

From Liberty Counsel Livingston County, NY – Judge Robert Wiggins dealt a major setback to New York Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg in the lawsuit brought by Liberty Counsel against the ... Read more..

Toronto schools will not ‘condone’ exemptions from pro-homosexual classes: board chair

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Education, Gay Activism | Comments Off

by Patrick B Craine, LifeSite News The chair of the Toronto District School Board has confirmed their policy of forbidding exemptions from the board’s radical pro-homosexual curriculum, insisting to LifeSiteNews that ... Read more..

Advent Meditation for Wednesday 30 November

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 Posted in Advent | Comments Off

. Wed Nov 30 am: Ps 119:1-24 pm: Ps 12, 13, 14 Amos 3:12-4:5 2 Peter 3:1-10 Matt 21:23-32 FEAST OF SAINT ANDREW, Apostle and Missionary, 1st Century   Very little is actually known about St. Andrew. We do ... Read more..

It’s official: More than half of adults in the UK are not married as changing face of the UK’s relationships is revealed

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Demographics, Marriage | Comments Off

From Mailonline More than half of adults in the UK are unmarried, statistics revealed today. The increasing numbers of the single population, as well as growth of cohabitation by unmarried couples, has ... Read more..

Civil Partnerships in religious premises: Act Now – contact the Lords today

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in News | Comments Off

Please urge peers to support Baroness O'Cathain in the debate on civil partnerships being registered in religious premises.  This is taking place TODAY.   Read more..

Canada polygamy ruling: Win, loss, or draw?

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Polyamory, Polygamy | Comments Off

From Polyinthemedia Reactions are spreading to Wednesday's court ruling in Canada, in which British Columbia Chief Justice Robert Bauman upheld Canada's anti-polygamy law while narrowing its scope. As part of his ... Read more..

Transanity

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Healing, Transgender | Comments Off

by Michael Brown, Townhall.com I have the utmost sympathy for men and women who feel they are trapped in the wrong body. At the same time, Western society is heading in ... Read more..

Study raises questions about conventional theories regarding sexual risk behavior among gay and bisexual men

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 Posted in Homosexuality | Comments Off

From NARTH Safe-sex education may be insufficient to change behavior. In fact, engaging in high-risk behavior may instead cause gay and bisexual men to formulate their own set of risk-justifying beliefs. [...]  ... Read more..