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29041. anomie - 4/5/2008 9:57:24 PM As much as I'd like to see these Phelps folks be put of business, I'm a little concerned about the threat to free speech. These news articles never really explain the legal case, so there's probably more to it than "picketing...". I hope so anyway. We shouldn't be sued for just picketing, no matter how stupid the reason. 29042. jexster - 4/11/2008 1:28:31 AM Next thing ya know, they'll be marryin dogs
Adam and Eve NOT Adam and STEVE
Good People of Church of the Advent, Christ the King, please come to a barbeque to celebrate of the engagement of Ricardo Avila and William Bonnell. This will be held on Saturday, 26 April, at 1pm, at the home of Deacon Mary and Jim Hudak. There is a BART station in Orinda – we will try and accommodate those needing a ride . Please try and let us know by 20 April if you will join us. All are invited and welcome to come. 29043. wonkers2 - 4/20/2008 12:21:32 AM Seven deadly sins updated by the Vatican Vatican Update 29044. jexster - 4/20/2008 9:33:44 PM One of my favorite orders featured prominently at Yankee Stadium
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
Especially fond of Benedict Groeschel: Near Death.... 29045. jexster - 4/20/2008 9:44:20 PM 
29046. jexster - 4/24/2008 1:54:02 AM Good NEWS from the NyT!
The Russian Orthodox are FINALLY doing something about their Prot problem!
I am especially heartened that they're going after evangelicals and Methodisses (Bush, Clinton - need I say more!)
But there's another reason to rejoice. My parish has a special relationship with the Orthodox via the man who later became Metropolitan of Moscow and a saint/martyr in the Russian Revolution. We've even commissioned a Holy Icon and erected a votive altar to the Saint!
Russian St. Nicholas' Cathedral
15 E. 97 St.., New York
Rev. Charles N. Lathrop,
San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. and dear Father:-
Having read in the Living Church your letter about awful calamity which occured (sic) in San Francisco and destroyed your beautiful and so-memorable to our heart Church, I beg to send you as a small token of my condolence and sympathy a sacred Chalice and paten, which perhaps you will find useful for your services.
May God give you and to your parish a strength and energy to rebuild same magnificent House of prayer, as you have had before, and to continue your noble work of preaching true Gospel of the Christ.
With best wishes and blessings,
I am, Reverend Sir,
[Signed] Sincerely yours
Archbishop Tikhon
May 12th, 1906.
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This document, written in English as reproduced here, doesn't require any commentaries. These holy vessels are still reverently kept at the Church of the Advent of Christ the King (Episcopalian) at 261 Fell Street, between Franklin and Gough Street, San Francisco.
29047. jexster - 4/24/2008 7:41:27 PM Ruins of the Church of the Advent, SF 1906
 29048. wonkers2 - 5/12/2008 2:37:55 PM Jesus & George 29049. wonkers2 - 5/12/2008 4:50:11 PM The curious case of Bishop Paul Moore The Bishop's Daughter 29050. wonkers2 - 5/13/2008 6:36:29 PM Washington University is giving Phyllis Schlafly an honorary doctorate. As Katha Politt observed in "The Nation" May 26, Schlafly is "an archfoe of the Equal Rights Amendment, the United Nations, Darwinism and other newfangled notions, and the promoter of innumerable crackpot, far-right conspiracy theories who called the Bomb 'a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.' Her eighty-two years haven't mellowed her one bit: last year she blamed the Virginia Tech massacre on the English department; called intellectual men 'liberal slobs'; advocated banning women from traditionally male occupations like construction, firefighting and the military; and defended men's property rights over their wives' vaginas (by getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape.') The campus is in an uproar, and no wonder. After four years of hard work, female seniors get to watch their school honor someone who thinks they should park their diplomas in the kitchen sink. Washington U might as well bring in mad misogynist Chris Matthews or Jexter as commencement speaker. Oh. you mean...?No! Yes." 29051. thoughtful - 5/13/2008 6:58:34 PM How about banning women from traditionally male kudos such as receiving honorary doctorates? Let's start with Phyllis!
How about banning women from traditionally male occupations such as being speakers and front men for political organizations? Let's start with Phyllis!
Apparently this woman hasn't learned anything about tolerance from her gay son either. 29052. jexster - 5/20/2008 12:19:22 AM We Made the Cover Wonks!!!
 29053. jexster - 5/21/2008 1:12:40 AM Harper's June Cover Story - money quote:
Still the question remains: How does a Christian population implicated in militarism, usury, sweatshop
labor, and environmental rape find a way to sleep
at night? Apparently, by making a very big deal
out of not sleeping with Gene Robinson. 29054. concerned - 6/4/2008 7:19:20 AM Atheism versus Christianity
Democide* Statistics, Christianity vs. Atheism
Atheist Democide in 1 century - 153.36 million people
Christian Democide in 20 centuries - 1.65 million people
* Democide includes genocide, political killings and murders, and mass murder.
Leftists like jexster who drink the atheist Kool-Ade don't have the innate intellectual resources to understand why Christianity has always been so much more benign than the Left Wing political philosophies that have afflicted civilization during the last 100 plus years. 29055. concerned - 6/4/2008 7:26:14 AM And to anyone who replies by effectively diminuating or dismissing these 150 million deaths from atheist regimes, I would suggest that they go fuck themselves because they don't have a concept of humaneness. 29056. alistairconnor - 6/4/2008 12:32:49 PM I think the adjective you are looking for is "humanity". Or perhaps "humanism" (though I doubt you'll like that one). 29057. jexster - 6/13/2008 1:04:03 AM a bit amateurish to say the least...
Corpus Christi Procession
Parish's 150th Anniversary Celebration
29058. jexster - 6/13/2008 1:10:55 AM The video
NOT the ceremonial 29059. jexster - 6/13/2008 3:45:56 AM Pastoral Letter on Same Sex Marriage - Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of CA
ruh roh
Pastoral Letter from our Bishop Regarding Same-sex Marriage
June 9, 2008
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I welcome the ruling of the California Supreme Court affirming the fundamental right of all people to marry. I am writing to you now to recommend a path to use this decision to strengthen our support of our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered sisters and brothers, and our continued witness to God’s inclusive love.
Clergy and lay leaders in the diocese have been working for the rights of LGBT people and for their full inclusion in our Church for more than forty years. Today, we continue to walk a journey that includes:
• Bringing the witness of our LGBT sisters and brothers to this summer’s Lambeth Conference,
• Combating a ballot initiative this November that will attempt to take away the rights recently recognized by the California Supreme Court,
• Providing leadership at next summer's General Convention to bring our marriage practices and theology in line with our fundamental baptismal theology.
For far too long the onus has fallen on marginalized people to bear the burden of inequalities that exist within the Church, and the decision by our state’s Supreme Court has given us the opportunity to level the playing field.
To that end, the Diocese of California seeks to provide, by advocacy and example, a way forward for The Episcopal Church so that the marriage of same-sex couples will be a part of our official marriage rites, without distinction. Although The Episcopal Church does not have canonical rites for same-sex marriage, it is our goal that all couples be treated equally by the Church, as they are equally loved by God.
I therefore provide you with the following pastoral guidelines:29060. jexster - 6/13/2008 3:46:24 AM
• I urge you to encourage all couples, regardless of orientation, to follow the pattern of first being married in a secular service and then being blessed in the Episcopal Church. I will publicly urge all couples to follow this pattern.
• For now, the three rites approved for trial use under the pastoral direction of the bishop, adopted by resolution at the 2007 Diocesan Convention (see appendix), should be commended to all couples (again, regardless of orientation) to bless secular marriages.
• All marriages should be performed by someone in one of the secular categories set forth in California Family Code, section 400 (see appendix), noting that any person in the state of California can be deputized to perform civil marriages. The proper sphere for Episcopal clergy is the blessing portion of the marriage.
• The understanding of The Episcopal Church currently is that blessings are an extension of the pastoral office of the bishop. I ask that you continue to inform me of all same-sex blessings.
• Couples who have been married under the auspices of the California Supreme Court ruling must have the same pre-marriage counseling as that required of any couple seeking marriage or blessing of marriage in The Episcopal Church. This should be understood as an offering of the Church’s support for marriage.
• I urge Episcopalians, clergy and lay, to volunteer as Deputy Marriage Commissioners. There are over 4,000 civil same-sex marriages planned in a short period of time in the city of San Francisco alone and the city is asking for help in meeting demand. I intend to volunteer for this at my earliest opportunity. This would be one sign of affirmation for the Supreme Court ruling from our diocese. By city requirement, clergy will not be allowed to wear collars when presiding at secular marriages. (For more information about how to be deputized, see the attached appendix.)
• All people receiving blessings of civil marriages in the Diocese of California are free to use the same degree of publicity (e.g., newspaper notices).
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