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Doug and Eric and their children
Photo from SFGate back when gay marriage was briefly legal in San Francisco

Brother Tobias Haller has been offering substantive, thought-provoking articles on the mystery of human sexuality and the purposes and benefits of marriage. I commend them to you.

Where the Division Lies
Pro-Creation
True Union (1)

Radical topic-shift alert!

Jane alerts me, via the NASA kiddies’ calendar, to the equinox occurring this morning, not yesterday as I supposed. (I know it’s not on my father’s birthday as a previous post implies; I only take his birthday as a signal that autumn is just about to arrive.) For the technically inclined, Wikipedia has a table. The magic moment in sidereal relationships occurred as I was sleeping and we are now officially in the fall season. Blessed autumn to y’all. Susan Russell shares a wish along these lines complete with pumpkin patch.

Beware topic whiplash!

Susan Russell credits Paul Woodrum with an informative timeline on the faith once received. Excerpts:

1st Century:
Certainly Gentiles have a place in the church as do all the baptized. The debate is currently about the appropriate limits of pastoral care and the place Gentiles may hold in the offices of the church. The question is how far the traditional theology of the church lets us move in that direction.
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12th Century:
Certainly Anglo-Saxon people have a place in the church as do all the baptized. The debate is currently about the appropriate limits of pastoral care and the place Anglo-Saxon people may hold in the offices of the church. The question is how far Norman church tradition lets us move in that direction.
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Yesterday:
Certainly gay and lesbian people have a place in the church as do all the baptized. The debate is currently about the appropriate limits of pastoral care and the place gay and lesbian people may hold in the offices of the church. The question is how far the traditional theology of the church lets us move in that direction. (The Most Reverend and Right Honorable Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, 21 September AD 2007, New Orleans, LA, USA)

Susan concludes the sad litany with a prayer for the Church.