Argumentation

Please sign the guestbook and view it.

Louie & Ernest Clay-Crew
Married February 2, 1974


12/21/1974
 
9/23/2009

• 365+ Reasons for Becoming an Anglican/Episcopalian, or At Least for Checking Us Out [ongoing]
• A WAV recording of Bishop Emanuel Chukwama attempting to exorcise English deacon Richard Kirker during the last Lambeth conference [1998]
• It is dangerous to take the former Archbishop of Canterbury at his word. [2002]
• Bishop Ben Benitez and Terry Waite Discuss the War in Afghanistan [2001]
• Who speaks for ECUSA? Have GC resolutions no legal consequences? A comment by Michael Rehill, Esq., Chancellor of the Diocese of Newark and Lay Deputy
[2001]
• Joint Statement on the March 1999 House of Bishops Meeting by Beyond Inclusion, Integrity, and the Oasis.
[1999]

• On Withholding Pledges. Lutibelle's point of view.
[1996]
• An Appeal by a Chinese Priest in Hong Kong
[1996]
• A response from the Episcopal Diocese of Newark (as reported by ACNS).
[1997]
• Heretic's Corner: The church trial of the century.
[1996-96]
• Is it a crime for a stranger to expect welcome. A reflection by Randy Williams.
[n/d]

Materials on Same-Sex Unions

A Homily for the Celebration of a Marriage. By the Rev. Sam Portaro. Pastoral Resources for Province One Episcopal Clergy Ministering to Same-Gender Couples. Created by the Province’s Task Force on the Counseling of Same-Gender Couples Opponents of gay marriage often cite Scripture. But what the Bible teaches about love argues for the other side. By Lisa Miller in Newsweek, dated Dec 15, 2008 Fish Out of the Water. Explores support for lbgt persons across denominational lines. At the Nationwide Protest Against Proposition 8 On the steps of City Hall in Napa, California Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM PST. By Gregg DesElms. Blessing of Couples by St. Thomas's Church, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC A presentation on youtube. Notes Toward a Biblical Theology of Human Sexuality. By Sarah Dylan Breuer. A Child of God: Why I Believe the General Convention Should Rescind B033 and Authorize Rites for the Blessing of Same Sex Unions. By the Rev. Warner Traynham The Anglican Covenant Process and the Theological Ethics of Committed Same-Sex Partnerships. By Rt. Rev. David Russell, Bishop of Grahamstown, SA (Retired) Toward a Christian Ethic for Same-Sex Marriage by Dr. Robert L. McCan Information on Same-Sex Blessings. Site of the Canadian Anglican Diocese of New Westminster Say 'Yes' to Same-Sex Unions by Rt. Rev. Bennett J. Sims Love Supreme: Gay Nuptials and the Making of Modern Marriage (in The New Yorker) A Statement Favoring the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions by Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler. (His presentation at a hearing at General Convention 2003 A Rite for the Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Covenants. The rite proposed for use in the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada. PDF format; the file requires Acrobat Reader. A waiting list of couples who want to be blessed Equal Rites, Louie Crew's 1989 essay on lesbigay unions, from Christianity & Crisis 49.8 (May 22, 1989): 161-163. The Liturgical Background to same Sex Marriages. Excerpted from the complete M.Div. Honors Thesis by Tobias Stanislas Haller, BSG: "Lawfully Joined" Mr and Mr and Mrs and Mrs A review of Alan Bray's The Friend in the London Review of Books Sacrament of Same Sex Marriage by Robert Warren Cromey. Selected Domestic Partner Resources A Groom of One's Own A review of John Boswell's Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe with the text of an Office for Same-Sex Union Reading Strategies for Biblical Passages on Same-Sex Relations. By Dr. Deirdre Good The Service of Holy Union of The Rev. Dr. Lee Alison Crawford and Dr. Anne Clarke Brown The response of Dr. Brown's niece and the niece's husband as read at the reception Louie Crew's Eye-Witness Account of the Ceremony Same-Sex Union Resources at Beyond Inclusion Claiming the Blessing. On-line scrap book for a gay male couple together for 47 years on 9/14/2002 Is Marriage at Risk? I Hope So! by Julie A. Wortman Two Grooms by Louie Crew Living in Sin by Louie Crew GayRites.net, the .NETwork for same-sex rituals

Materials on Homosexuality and the Bible

God so loved he world that God gave his only begotten son that whososever is heterosexual believeth Him should not perish but have everlasting life. -- John 3:16. Is there any part of whosoever that you do not understand? In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.         -- Augustine of Hippo, "The Literal Meaning of Genesis" What has the Bible to do with sexuality? By Professor Deirdre Good, General Theological Seminary The Bible Supports Gay Partnerships by Rt. Rev. Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford A Comprehensive Study of the Bible, Christianity, and Homosexuality, by Justin R. Cannon. A New Word on Homosexuality: Isaiah 56:1-8 as a Case Study. By Frederick J. Gaiser. [Requires a pdf reader] Letter to Louise, A Biblical Affirmation of Homosexuality Homosexuality and the Bible, pro and con Homosexuality and the Bible, an essay by Professor Walter Wink. A Short Diatribe on Anglican Biblical Interpretation. By The Rev. Michael Russell. Homosexuality and the Bible. From www.religioustolerance.org (Homo)Sexuality and the Bible. Peter Larose That Book in Your Hand is Not Really the Bible by A. T. Mollegen, Jr What the Bible Says and Doesn't Say About Homosexuality by Mel White The Gay Bishop and the Good Book Do we take the Bible literally, or take it seriously? By The Rev. George Regas Holy Scripture and the Consecration of Gene Robinson Other Sheep. Gay and Christian, Lesbian and Christian: Good News from the Bible Some Notes on the Current Debate Regarding Homosexuality and the Place of Homosexuals in the Church by Richard A. Norris, Jr., in Anglican Theological Review Summer 2008 (V.90.3) > Sodom & Gommorah: What is this Story Really About? By Robert J. Schneider Distinguished Professor of General Studies and Professor of Classical Languages (Emeritus) Berea College, Berea, KY 40404 Christianity and Homosexuality. By Dr. Steven Schäufele, Soochow University, Taipei 11102, Taiwan One more Article Explaining That The Bible Does Not Condemn Homosexuality by Miss Poppy Dixon

The Bible contains 6 admonishments to homosexuals and 362 to heterosexuals. This doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals, it's just that they need more supervision. - Lynn Lavner.

• See also Lesbigay Episcopalians.

Restore Family Values



It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone round your neck than to cause the downfall of one of these little ones. --Luke 17.2

Only love can prevent lesbigay teen suicide.

"In a study of 686 gay men, 337 heterosexual men, 293 lesbian women, and 140 heterosexual women - 35% of gay men and 38% of lesbian women considered suicide. 8% gay men and 23% lesbian women had attempted - compared to only 3% heterosexual men and 14% heterosexual women. The majority of the suicide attempts were before the age of 20; nearly one-third of all attempts were before age 17."

--A. Bell and M. Weinberg Homosexualities: A study of diversity among men and women. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.)

Visit The Trevor Project

Statistics courtesy of WebCounter.