tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post2198030875375638945..comments2023-10-22T14:14:16.419+01:00Comments on J. Arthur MacNumpty: Another LGBT postWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-38848464991404006732007-02-04T19:45:00.000+00:002007-02-04T19:45:00.000+00:00It's times like this that blogs are important, Gra...It's times like this that blogs are important, Grant - we can publish our own responses and hope that they get read.<br /><br />I think that after the row over adoption and equality, they reckon they can play the victim card. Just as the Section 28 debacle was a trojan horse for homophobia, so the bigots are using this as a standard, and it seems that Bishop Devine has opted to be their spokesman. This is what I feared would happen, but I never expected that it would happen so soon, or that the Sunday Herald would be the medium!<br /><br />As for the Church of Scotland, I reckon it's ecclesiastical politics that's making them keep their trap shut: on the one hand, you have the Catholic Church preaching fire and brimstone, on the other you have the Episcopal Church ordaining gay clergymen, but tearing itself apart in the process. The C of S probbaly doesn't want to tie itself to the bigoted line being taken by the RC Church, but it might fear the schisms that are rocking the Church of England, and is probably terrified that by supporting equality actively, that acrimony might move from the Synod to the General Assembly.<br /><br />Cowardice. Understandable cowardice, but cowardice nevertheless.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-66386818149230284792007-02-04T18:21:00.000+00:002007-02-04T18:21:00.000+00:00Well said Will! Just when you think the Catholic C...Well said Will! Just when you think the Catholic Church would learn, it goes and sticks up another ranting bigot. When did a 'rights' activist last get the opportunity for such a high profile opinion piece? It's sad that the Church of Scotland which purports to be the established church here, can't or won't take some leadership on this issue and show that not all faiths are as 'hung up' on homosexuality as others.Tartan Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349865980640474307noreply@blogger.com