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3 Responses to “Bishop’s Audio Report (Tuesday, July 14)”
Agreed, Rodney: you have described, I believe, what it means to live in a true Anglican Communion. Diversity at the table, in prayerful agreement and disagreement. I particularly appreciate your notion of mutually respecting the discernments of the different dioceses regarding the elections of bishops. My disagreements regarding our bishops’ decisions regarding full inclusion should in no way reflect a need for their removal. They hold their positions in prayerful conscience, as do those who favor the passage of DO25. Part of my witness in support of DO25 is to let our DWTX bishops know that they have considerable support (maybe not majority support, but still considerable support) from people in the diocese, should they ever be led to a different discernment on this issue. I’m concerned that the voices in support of DO25 in DWTX have been too long underground, too long silenced. And by no means are those voices limited to the gay and lesbian community.
Thank you for your reports. I agree Do25 is not about homosexuality and gays, it is about following our constitution as it was established when the Episcopal Church was created. That constitution set up procedures for selecting leaders. The core of it is democratic, that each of us have a say through our vote in our own parish that ultimately elects our leadership in our diocese and futher establishs policy at General Convention. We went off track by some folks insisting that other dioceses should not have the same right because they elected a bishop that some across America find offensive. The bottom line is that we have this process long established that offers equal human rights to all and we should follow it. To do otherwise is not democratic. I can’t imagine the response in West Texas if folks in New Hampshire told us that our vote was invalid over the election of Bishop Lillibridge or Reed. What right do they have to dictate to us who we select as our spiritual head? What right do we have in asking them to reverse their vote on their bishop or any new upcoming bishop. We established rules of democracy a long time ago. We should follow those rules. No ones’ vote should be discarded because someone else doesn’t like the results.
Perhaps it is a problem with my computer, but I cannot get the audio fro the Bishop’s reports. It only shows a blank page. Perhaps somone who is able to get it to work could advise us computer challenged folks.
Agreed, Rodney: you have described, I believe, what it means to live in a true Anglican Communion. Diversity at the table, in prayerful agreement and disagreement. I particularly appreciate your notion of mutually respecting the discernments of the different dioceses regarding the elections of bishops. My disagreements regarding our bishops’ decisions regarding full inclusion should in no way reflect a need for their removal. They hold their positions in prayerful conscience, as do those who favor the passage of DO25. Part of my witness in support of DO25 is to let our DWTX bishops know that they have considerable support (maybe not majority support, but still considerable support) from people in the diocese, should they ever be led to a different discernment on this issue. I’m concerned that the voices in support of DO25 in DWTX have been too long underground, too long silenced. And by no means are those voices limited to the gay and lesbian community.
Thank you for your reports. I agree Do25 is not about homosexuality and gays, it is about following our constitution as it was established when the Episcopal Church was created. That constitution set up procedures for selecting leaders. The core of it is democratic, that each of us have a say through our vote in our own parish that ultimately elects our leadership in our diocese and futher establishs policy at General Convention. We went off track by some folks insisting that other dioceses should not have the same right because they elected a bishop that some across America find offensive. The bottom line is that we have this process long established that offers equal human rights to all and we should follow it. To do otherwise is not democratic. I can’t imagine the response in West Texas if folks in New Hampshire told us that our vote was invalid over the election of Bishop Lillibridge or Reed. What right do they have to dictate to us who we select as our spiritual head? What right do we have in asking them to reverse their vote on their bishop or any new upcoming bishop. We established rules of democracy a long time ago. We should follow those rules. No ones’ vote should be discarded because someone else doesn’t like the results.
Perhaps it is a problem with my computer, but I cannot get the audio fro the Bishop’s reports. It only shows a blank page. Perhaps somone who is able to get it to work could advise us computer challenged folks.