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Why We Left the Episcopal Church

By The Rev. John Yates and Os Guinness
Monday, January 8, 2007; Page A15

When even President Gerald Ford's funeral at
Washington National Cathedral is not exempt from
comment about the crisis in the Episcopal Church, we
believe it is time to set the record straight as to
why our church and so many others around the country
have severed ties with the Episcopal Church.
Fundamental to a liberal view of freedom is the right
of a person or group to define themselves, to speak
for themselves and to not be dehumanized by the
definitions and distortions of others. This right we
request even of those who differ from us.

The core issue in why we left is not women's
leadership. It is not "Episcopalians against
equality," as the headline on a recent Post op-ed by
Harold Meyerson put it. It is not a "leftward" drift
in the church. It is not even primarily ethical --
though the ordination of a practicing homosexual as
bishop was the flash point that showed how far the
repudiation of Christian orthodoxy had gone.

The full article is at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010700982.html



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