Bishop told to forget Caribbean trip after airing liberal gay views

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May 04, 2005

Times
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent



A SENIOR bishop in the Church of England has had to cancel a two-week trip to the Caribbean after an Anglican diocese in the West Indies blocked the visit because of his liberal views on homosexuality.

The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Rev John Gladwin, was due to visit Trinidad and Tobago this month, when he was scheduled to preach in the celebratory Family Day service on the feast of Corpus Christi.

The Right Rev Calvin Wendell Bess, the diocesan bishop based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, has withdrawn the invitation after Bishop Gladwin signed a letter to The Times declaring his support for liberal Anglicans in North America.

The row is thought to have further damaged his chances of succeeding Dr David Hope as Archbishop of York. Bishop Gladwin had been considered a front-runner but the York Diocese has requested an archbishop with orthodox beliefs.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1596614,00.html

GREAT! maybe he can get that charter flight to San Francisco after all...

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1. What's the word for people who punish others for their thoughts, beliefs

and ideas?

Oh yeah, NAZIS!

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2. "TheoCons"?

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3. Hey, pretty good...use it enough and we can get it into Merriam-Webster's

Theo-con: Noun. MorAn, person who has never had an original thought. Syn: Nazi, phuckwad.