tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post6741125506368171479..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: Back to our regularly scheduled programing: London Times reporting "Gay priest Dr Jeffrey John could become a bishop in Wales"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-19249217816994121582008-09-04T12:26:00.000-04:002008-09-04T12:26:00.000-04:00I'm glad to learn that Jeffery John may become a b...I'm glad to learn that Jeffery John may become a bishop of the of the Church in Wales. <BR/>The concept of homosexuality as "sinful" is based on the thinking of 2000 and more years ago, when there was no knowledge of sexual orientation. Gay people are in no way inferior to anyone else, merely different.<BR/>For more information on this topic, please refer to the article in "ThinkingAnglicans.Org" from<BR/>Sunday 27 July, by Bishop David Walker and commenters. Also consult "ThinkingAnglicans.Org." for 22 August, for the 2 reports, or "submissions" to the Church of England by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. <BR/><BR/>After decades, centuries, of discrimination, reproach, denunciation and criminalization of gay folk, it is time for a change. (Do you know that there are still several countries where<BR/>being gay is punishable by death?)<BR/><BR/>Gay people began to find their voice after the Stonewall Riots of<BR/>1969, and now lay claim to every right enjoyed by other citizens,<BR/>The Sexual Orientation Regulations<BR/>in the United Kingdom and Northern<BR/>Ireland, which came into force in 2007, are designed to deal with<BR/>discrimination based on sexual orientation, Such legialation is<BR/>needed in the US, but is moving slowly in Congress.<BR/>Best wishes to Jeffery John!St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442981261967577136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-47980926055262695942008-09-02T19:24:00.000-04:002008-09-02T19:24:00.000-04:00I humbly submit that Jeffrey Johns at least claims...I humbly submit that Jeffrey Johns at least claims that he is celibate, not actively homosexual. If his claim is true, I'm not sure there would be a valid objection to his becoming a bishop -- even from a reasserting perspective.RBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752701681681717163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-3187759946564786422008-09-02T17:55:00.000-04:002008-09-02T17:55:00.000-04:00Should Jeffrey John be made a bishop, this would b...Should Jeffrey John be made a bishop, this would be absolutely terrible for the C of E, which should in many ways be put on suicide precautions.RMBrutonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017576806723146013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-34529585094155677132008-09-02T05:14:00.000-04:002008-09-02T05:14:00.000-04:00Quick clarification. Rowan Williams did not appoin...Quick clarification. Rowan Williams did not appoint Jeffrey John to Reading. The appointment was made by Richard Harries, the then Bishop of Oxford.Peter Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653736283239812968noreply@blogger.com