Tsvangirai appeals for international support | International News | News | Telegraph Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said:"Yes, they brutalised my flesh. But they will never break my spirit. I will soldier on until Zimbabwe is free. "Democratic change in Zimbabwe is within sight. Far from killing my spirit, the scars they brutally inflicted on me have re-energised me. "Of course we need the support of the world, and please do support us in achieving democratic change in Zimbabwe." Mr Tsvangirai described how a peaceable meeting organised by local churches was broken up by police…
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Clinton Ducks Answer on Whether Homosexualty is Immoral – The Caucus – Politics – New York Times Blog It's not that she is pro- or anti- gay rights; it's that she won't give a simple yes or no answer to a tough question. I hate that. Shit or get off the pot, lady… especially if you're courting votes and financial backing from gays and their friends/family.
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Celibacy 'obligatory' for priests Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that celibacy "remains obligatory" for Roman Catholic priests. He also restated the ban on Communion for divorced Catholics who remarry, and on abortion, euthanasia and gay unions which he said were "not negotiable". Welcome, former Catholics, yearning to breathe (and live and worship) freely. The Episcopal Church welcomes you. If you live in the Chicago suburbs, anywhere within reach of Elk Grove Village, we at St Nicholas with the Holy Innocents will welcome you with open arms and hearts and minds.
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Group wants Gen. Pace apology for calling gays immoral – CNN.com Well, it wouldn't be adultery if gays could legally marry, now would it? This guy needs to have his attitude adjusted. Perhaps someday a family member will come out and wise him up. Gays is people, dammit.
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Cricinfo – Riot police prevent play in Zimbabwe Harare, the seat of the Bad Bishop, seems to be in turmoil. Church services were cancelled, a cricket match didn't happen, an opposition leader was badly beaten. Hope His Grace enjoyed a quiet day at home.
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PublicEye.org – Website of Political Research Associates A good overview of the IRD's schismatic agenda in many mainline Protestant churches
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Telling Secrets: 03/01/2007 – 04/01/2007 Or, what Robert Duncan sez is a big sekrit until Sunday! All ACN members don't look!
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Man charged in suburban church thefts | Chicago Tribune A 42-year-old Chicago man is accused of driving a stolen van containing $3,500 in property that had been stolen from several area churches, authorities said today. Lloyd Martin was arrested Wednesday for allegedly shoplifting from a Jewel Food Store on the city's North Side, police said. Investigators connected him to the series of church burglaries in northwest suburban Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Elk Grove Village and west suburban Villa Park, police said." Yikes! He stole a van from a neighbor church! There was a breakin at Holy Innocents a while…
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Priest dying of AIDS pleads for new drug It's not just about gay marriage. Sometimes it's about life and death for gay clergy.
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Just when things were simmering down in the ever-boiling pot of Anglican angst, a courageous if foolhardy Canadian bishop most definitely pipes up: globeandmail.com: Bishop demands better theology of sex The Christian church has a deeply flawed understanding of sex that has led to morally groundless objections to masturbation, birth control, abortion and homosexuality, says a leading Canadian Anglican bishop. In particular, the church has been wrong for centuries on the notion that sex exists only for the purpose of procreation, Right Rev. Michael Ingham, bishop of the Greater Vancouver Diocese of New Westminster, told a conference in Ottawa last…