A double-scoped vision of religion and liberalism
By James Carroll | Monday, July 21, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…Over the last 50 years, the Episcopal Church has been a very model of how a conservative institution can progressively evolve step by step – beginning with the social justice witness of figures like bishops James Pike and Paul Moore, continuing with the ordination of women in the 1970s, the affirmation of gay relationships in the 1980s, the 2003 consecration as bishop of New Hampshire the openly gay priest V. Gene Robinson, and the election two years ago as presiding bishop of Katharine Jefferts Schori. At each point in this progression, some Episcopalians protested, but few defected….”…BS
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