2008
I’m making a new label in celebration of this post. My hero of the day is: Bishop Katherine Jefferts Shori of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Shori states that making sexuality the main focus of the Episcopalian mission is to turn it into an idol and that “some parts of the Anglican communion have responded to it like an idol.”
When asked at a National Press Club speech “whether the biblical institutions for marriage apply to same-sex couples,” Bishop Shori responded sarcastically:
“Oh, which biblical institution for marriage? Solomon’s many, many, many wives? The concubines? the slaves who bore children for their male masters? There are some very odd images of family life in the Bible. And when people talk about family values, i want to know which ones.”
Source: Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, page 1C. December 20, 2008.
