Jimmy Carter Goes Episcopal
By Mark Tooley
2/5/2007

It was little remarked upon, but Jimmy Carter's otherwise moving eulogy to Gerald Ford included a fairly gratuitous reference to the Episcopal Church's debates over homosexuality.

"It is true that Jerry and I shared a common commitment to our religious faith, not just in worshipping the same savior, but in attempting, in our own personal way, to achieve reconciliation within our respective denominations," Carter related in his speech at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "We took to heart the admonition of the Apostle Paul that Christians should not be divided over seemingly important, but tangential issues, including sexual preferences and the role of women in the church, things like that." the rest