Henry II had a point

I love nuance when I respect it, and if that ain't one helluva condition I don't know what is. I have heard scholars balance perspectives in tension, offer shading and complexity, and stood in awe and admiration. Then there are times I suspect it all boils down to something rotten at its core.

Tobias is a holier man than I.

In the meantime, I find the document on the whole to be helpful. Read with care, you will see it is all about process and development of doctrine. While some are reading it as a "No" to same-sex marriage or ordination of bishops, it is rather a very well framed "Not Yet." There is a huge difference, and I think we all know the way the Wind is blowing -- where it wills, and not as we choose.

Posted by: Tobias Haller on Monday, 27 July 2009 at 11:07pm BST

It is certainly a "Not Yet."

But it is also a lot of codswallop and an enormous amount of hypocrisy.

For my money, +Rowan Cantuar just told the LGBT portion of humanity, ever so academically, "Fuck you!" To which I say, ever so impolitically, "Back atya, Bristles!"

Then again, it has been years since I cared what he thought about anything except in terms of the damage it does. Rather as I think of the current pope. I think Rowan would be pleased by the comparison.

This bear is not in a charitable mood today.


I leave it to my friends in the blogosphere to ponder, debate, and analyze with greater precision and charity.

--the BB