Diocese of CNY
From Fr. Tony Seel's Blog- Orthony
Parish-St Andrew's, Vestal, NY

Sunday, December 04, 2005

From the Bishop of Central New York:"If only in the Church we had more dialogue, even argument, even convention resolutions and biblical wrangling over these matters of justice which seem most important to Jesus, then perhaps I could take more seriously and be more tolerant of our seeming fixation on matters of sex." 2005 Diocesan Address

Fixation on matters of sex? Did the bishop really say that? Yes, in his convention address, he said that. Now, let us ask, over the last 40 years, who in ECUSA has been fixated on sex? Of course, it has been liberals, like our bishop, led by Integrity, the homo-sex lobbying group in ECUSA.

Let's consider the words "take more seriously." Is this an admission by the bishop that he doesn't take orthodox Christians seriously? There have been convention resolutions and biblical wrangling on human sexuality for many years now. As has been said frequently since the General Convention 2003, the dialogue and arguments came down to the Anglican Communion telling ECUSA not to proceed with the consecration of VGR or the blessing of same sex unions. Did our bishop really need to vote for both of these, particulary since he characterizes the issues surrounding human sexuality the way that he does in his convention address? Possibly he was in his not taking orthodox Christians seriously mode when he voted against the express position of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primates, the Lambeth Conference and the Anglican Consultive Council. What point is there in dialogue when one side (the liberals like our bishop)do not listen - do not even take us seriously?

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