Eclectic Amateur

Welcome to everyone following Mark Shea’s link to my little screed on “tolerance” and “respect for diversity.” Oh, and on behalf of the citizens of the great State of Michigan (and my mortally offended wife), I’d like to offer an apology to the delegate from Holy Cross who was so “tolerated” by the delegates from Michigan. (Really! Not everyone from Michigan is rude!)

Also, thanks to Dale Price and CaNN for their links.

I don’t have much more to offer today. While I am glad that the Bishops have put off their final vote on the election of Gene Robinson, the allegations
against Gene Robinson are extremely troubling. My semi-random thoughts:

• Of course, this will be chalked up to a “smear campaign.”
• I fully expect that hagiographies of “Gene Robinson, Slandered
  Saint” are already in the writing.
• I almost hope this is a smear, because the alternative is
  too awful.
• I almost hope this is not a smear, because if it is, no voice
  for sexual orthodoxy and sanity will get a hearing in the ECUSA for as
  long as it continues to exist (or until 2008, whichever comes first).
• The pathetic thing is that it would take this to make the
  bishops reconsider confirming this man as a successor to the
  Apostles. Apparantly, breaking your vows before God to be faithful to
  your “marriage partner” (or can we stills say “wife”?) and claiming
  that God called him to do this is not enough to disqualify him
  utterly.

David Mills has a fine essay: Be
Fair to the Liberals: How Worldview Affects Communion It’s not
written specifically about the current General Convention, but it’s (sadly) still quite relevant. (Linked from Episcopalian.org.)