tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post8221534653871658083..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: The Division of The Episcopal Church: First Post-Trial Briefs Filed TodayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-34197334381774297902008-02-12T11:17:00.000-05:002008-02-12T11:17:00.000-05:00Of course, the big problem with the law is the dir...Of course, the big problem with the law is the direction the Supreme Court has taken First Amendment religious law in the many years since this law was enacted. We now have hierarchical churches who generally have a great deal of latitude in determining how they will organize themselves.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005537995315440769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-86381767431985297562008-02-12T11:11:00.000-05:002008-02-12T11:11:00.000-05:00Interesting stuff, as we Presbyterians are about t...Interesting stuff, as we Presbyterians are about to deal with the same issue. Has anyone, to your knowledge, done a legislative history of 57-9?<BR/><BR/>What little I've been able to surface seems to place it as a legal implement put into place before Virginia re-entered the Union after the Civil War. It's intent appears to have been to permit segregationist southern Methodists in the defeated Confederacy to leave the inclusive Northern church with their properties. I may be mistaken, as online resources in this area are sparse. But if that is the case, it makes the application of this law...well...very apropos.<BR/><BR/>Peace of Christ,<BR/><BR/>DavidBeloved Spearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568697883886058321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-91518435621231448402007-12-24T20:22:00.000-05:002007-12-24T20:22:00.000-05:00http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+co...http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC57000000002000000000000<BR/>Virginia Revised CodeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-45385083252927948252007-12-24T12:38:00.000-05:002007-12-24T12:38:00.000-05:00Oh, so you guys have already left the Anglican Com...Oh, so you guys have already left the Anglican Communion? How sad.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005537995315440769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-12412479022120159122007-12-21T22:55:00.000-05:002007-12-21T22:55:00.000-05:00trying to read white print on black background - d...trying to read white print on black background - dizzying.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-10465400987521868962007-12-21T21:56:00.000-05:002007-12-21T21:56:00.000-05:00Anon, I tried reformating the excerpt with a diffe...Anon, I tried reformating the excerpt with a different typestyle. As soon as the pdf's are posted, I'll link to them. Hope it might be a little better. <BR/><BR/>bbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-46448355635947751042007-12-21T20:43:00.000-05:002007-12-21T20:43:00.000-05:00Very hard to read BB. Don't you have a PDF you co...Very hard to read BB. Don't you have a PDF you could post?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-72540456587049401352007-12-21T19:39:00.000-05:002007-12-21T19:39:00.000-05:00So there! Take that! Lemme see whatcha got now!So there! Take that! <BR/>Lemme see whatcha got now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com