[Vision2020] Report Says Priests Exchanged Vows

[Tom Hansen]

The United States really must get over its prejudicial, homophobic 
attitude.

>From today's (June 16, 2008) Spokesman Review -

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Report says priests exchanged vows

The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into 
whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, 
violating Anglican guidelines.

The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of London's 
oldest churches marked by a fanfare of trumpets and capped by a shower of 
confetti, Britain's Sunday Telegraph reported.

The bishop, the Right Rev. Richard Chartres, said such services are not 
authorized in the Church of England. He said he would ask the archdeacon 
of London to investigate.

The ceremony took place at St. Bartholomew the Great, according to the 
report. The Rev. Peter Cowell and the Rev. David Lord exchanged rings, 
read each other poetry and took part in communion, the paper said.

The Sunday Times quoted the Rev. Martin Dudley, who presided over the 
service, as saying he had no regrets.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom "free to be you and me" Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in 
Albany, Georgia and St. Augustine, Florida, and many other campaigns of 
the Civil Rights Movement.  Many of these courageous men and women were 
fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for 
their own, and
I salute their contributions."

- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998)



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