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February 19, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
primates choose bigotry over baptized
“The primates of the
Anglican Communion have utterly failed to recognize the faith, relationships,
and vocations of the gay and lesbian baptized,” said Integrity President
“Let us pray it doesn't
take another hundred years for yet-unborn primates to gather for a service of
repentance for what the church has done to its gay and lesbian members today,
as they repented in
The Rev. Michael Hopkins,
immediate past President of Integrity had this
reaction: “Jesus weeps, and so do I. If the House of Bishops (or any other body
with actual authority in this church) capitulates to these demands and
sacrifices gay and lesbian people to the idol of the Instruments of Unity, it
will have become the purveyor of an “anti-Gospel” that will (and should) repel
many.”
Integrity encourages its
membership and allies to directly contact their bishops—urging them to reject
the demands of the primates. Our leadership will seek an immediate meeting with
the Presiding Bishop to express our deep concerns and encourage the Executive
Council to insist on the inclusion of all orders of ministry in the ongoing
process of discernment on Anglican Communion issues.
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