[Magdalen] Bp. Wright OKs same sex weddings

[Grace Cangialosi]

I didn't know that Walter Wink was a gay activist! I wonder if his wife June knows...

> On Jun 27, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
> Jay
> 
> If you read the Scripture - as Walter Wink himself an gay activist says:  
> The Scripture sees gay sex always in a negative light
> 
> Or Jeffrey John, a gay champion in the C of E says that the Children of God 
> (eg the Israelites) differed from other nations around them in that for  
> Israel gay sex was forbidden (based on OT teaching).
> 
> Blessings
> Martin
> 
> 
> In a message dated 27/06/2015 17:30:31 GMT Daylight Time,  
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
> 
> We have.  Martin, apparently, has not.
> 
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Scott  Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Scripture  certainly doesn't deal with same-sex relationships. The
>> same-sex sex  condemned in Scripture is generally adulterous, forced,
>> or pagan. It's  sex that isn't even pretending to be an expression of a
>> committed  relationship of love.
>> 
>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:24 AM,  Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> <magdalen at herberthouse.org>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 6/27/2015  11:36:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org  writes:
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> Well it does  actually.
>>> 
>>> God calls same sex  intercourse an  abomination (Lev 18:22) >>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> But apparently, there is no SPECIFIC scriptural  condemnation  of
>>> same sex marriage.
>>> 
>>> Marriage and  intercourse are not the same.  I thought we had  gotten
>>> beyond this confusion, but I guess not.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David Strang.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois  USA
>