tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544998.post115077013708532905..comments2023-04-11T07:08:01.651-07:00Comments on General Convention: All Day Monday, June 19, the 7th DayLowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076747108959365038noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544998.post-1150903493661454262006-06-21T08:24:00.000-07:002006-06-21T08:24:00.000-07:00It would help in this discussion if we were all on...It would help in this discussion if we were all on the same page and coming from the same place. I don't think the gay and lesbian community of Episcopalians is asking for forgiveness. I don't see their behavior as "sin" anymore than I see the cultural rules in Leviticus that we break everyday as sin.<BR/><BR/>The New Testament gives us two commandments to live by. If we obeyed them, we wouldn't have this divisiveness in our church or anywhere in the world.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16462807528384492841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544998.post-1150903152299327022006-06-21T08:19:00.000-07:002006-06-21T08:19:00.000-07:00What's wrong with being a waitress at Hooter's?What's wrong with being a waitress at Hooter's?Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16462807528384492841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28544998.post-1150834049531178062006-06-20T13:07:00.000-07:002006-06-20T13:07:00.000-07:00I am heartsick over this proposed resolution. I'm ...I am heartsick over this proposed resolution. I'm reminded of other points in history when someone or some group stood up for what was right. Imagine the Civil Rights Movement without Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King. Imagine the United States in 1860 without Abraham Lincoln. What if he had said, "The country's not ready for an economy without slavery. We will tolerate slavery in the South in order to stay united. We will not go to war over this." Imagine.<BR/>Or, what if our founding patriots had decided to continue paying taxes to England instead of forming a new and independent constitution. <BR/><BR/>These decisions are very diffficult, but thank God they happened. It's at these times that we need leadership. I feel that the Church has come so close, and yet our leaders are walking away from the right decision. This takes away my pride in saying I'm an Episcopalian.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16462807528384492841noreply@blogger.com