Gay Gardeners Resign, Invite Rowan Williams To "Cut The Grass Himself"!

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**In Memory of Rock Hudson and Liberace who first brought this terrible Gay disease to the world’s attention!:-(

I see, dear Harmony. First there are no homosexuals in your town…and now Liberace and Rock Hudson are responsible for bringing "this terrible gay disease to the world’s attention"…quite ignoring the fact that the heaviest "AIDS load" in the world is in Africa, and probably 90% of it is HETEROSEXUAL in origin. I wish we could display direct graphics in Usenet, the way we can on the RWMB. Guess a "clickable" link will have to do, at least for those of us who are accessing via Google. http://www.medo.com/pdt_looney.htm

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who performed your lobotomy? J.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "perverts" (I’m sorry, but that’s what "gay’s are! Queer. Weird. unnatural and completely going against God’s will!) Kids make fun of the word here in England, and call anyone who is weird, stupid, or lame ~ "Gay" It’s like calling someone a "moron" Completely laughable. (and the devil’s having the last laugh!):-( God made woman for man! The Penis for the vagina! (to "be fruitful and multiply") ~ End of story! Peace, (In His Love) Brenda Right. And if God had wanted men to get fucked in the ass he would have put a hole there. I’m tired of your idiocy. Killfile. m ** The "hole" he put there, was for spewing a bunch of crap!! (as Sodomites do when trying to justify their dirty deeds!) Sad they can’t see it! Tragic in fact! It’s what started the AIDS epidemic!!! "God is not mocked!" "whom the Lord loves, he chastises"? In His Love, (and truth) Harmony **In Memory of Rock Hudson and Liberace who first brought this terrible Gay disease to the world’s attention!:-( (May they rest in the Lord’s forgiving arms – after they repented:-)

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who performed your lobotomy? J.

^^ ** Jesus Christ, actually!:-) I was transformed by the renewing of my mind, so that I am no longer "conformed to this world" OK? Peace, Harmony – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "perverts" (I’m sorry, but that’s what "gay’s are! Queer. Weird. unnatural and completely going against God’s will!) Kids make fun of the word here in England, and call anyone who is weird, stupid, or lame ~ "Gay" It’s like calling someone a "moron" Completely laughable. (and the devil’s having the last laugh!):-( God made woman for man! The Penis for the vagina! (to "be fruitful and multiply") ~ End of story! Peace, (In His Love) Brenda Right. And if God had wanted men to get fucked in the ass he would have put a hole there. I’m tired of your idiocy. Killfile. m ** The "hole" he put there, was for spewing a bunch of crap!! (as Sodomites do when trying to justify their dirty deeds!) Sad they can’t see it! Tragic in fact! It’s what started the AIDS epidemic!!! "God is not mocked!" "whom the Lord loves, he chastises"? In His Love, (and truth) Harmony **In Memory of Rock Hudson and Liberace who first brought this terrible Gay disease to the world’s attention!:-( (May they rest in the Lord’s forgiving arms – after they repented:-)

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There ARE no gay people in my little town, here in England, and I’ve never heard or seen any in any towns I’e lived in here, but I certainly knew a few in Los Angeles, when I lived there! (worked with 3 of them in a British bank for 3 years and one of them became my best friend) Gay people are obsessed with their sexuality it seems. I’m celibate personally, so very, very rarely even think about it, but to think there are so many millions of gays everywhere in the world is as equally ridiculous as me saying there are NO gays in small towns in England. (and they are so small that just about everyone knows you business!) It seems it is "Gays" who are living in "fantasyland" not me! I believe I can see quite clearly what’s going on and why! Were mostly "normal" here, in small town England, but I think the bigger cities have some "perverts" (I’m sorry, but that’s what "gay’s are! Queer. Weird. unnatural and completely going against God’s will!) Kids make fun of the word here in England, and call anyone who is weird, stupid, or lame ~ "Gay" It’s like calling someone a "moron" Completely laughable. (and the devil’s having the last laugh!):-( God made woman for man! The Penis for the vagina! (to "be fruitful and multiply") ~ End of story! Peace, (In His Love) Brenda – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – " I bet civilization would come to a complete halt." Or, at the very least, the Episcopal parishes in my city would be almost bereft of both choirmasters and choristers. Not just paid choristers, either. Numerous volunteers, a.k.a. parishioners, would also have to go. At my parish, we’d lose our senior warden, clerk, and organist/choirmaster (who is also a member of the vestry). Priscilla I know! Isn’t it astonishing how very few faithful Christians would "clear through customs" if Charles and Harmony were appointed as Divine Enforcement Agents-In-Chief! Fortunately, I believe God has other, higher, more relevant standards in play, which involve the quality of one’s love, and the sincerity of one’s commitment to live according to the Beatitudes, rather than the accidental gender of one’s beloved. In fact, I stake my transcendental future upon that conviction. Nothing else makes any sense. Unlike Charles and Harmony, I do not believe God is some tyrannical despot, holed up on high, issuing completely arbitrary and whimsical commands, which have no discernible relationship to the qualities of love we strive to practice in our human incarnations.

*It’s not a matter of what YOU or anyone else believes, but what God thinks! and he’s let us know by Divine inspiration in the Bible! (and he certainly does intend to come down on mankind with some heavy wrath in the near future, that’s for sure!) The more decadent mankind becomes, the more angry God is getting! (as are some of his "disciples") Harmony, from your life story, you actually sound like quite a fascinating and rather jolly and good-humored person. I’ve avoided "taking off" on you personally, precisely because I’m quite aware that perfectly faithful Christians are deeply split on issues of our modern understanding of human sexuality — and I don’t think any faithful Christian is going to be "shut out" for holding any of the possible positions which might be held in good faith and good conscience. Only a foolish person would insist that truth is "all black and all white" on earth. Complicated human experience simply isn’t structured that way. Any mature adult knows this.

**I’m sorry but I DO believe things are black and white. Good and bad, God or the devil! Truth or lies! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – But when you say things like "there are no homosexuals in my town", and "gay (sick)", you do leave me wondering if in fact you’re some sort of troll who’s simply pulling our chain for sport. These statements are so far out there in "fantasyland" that I don’t know how to begin to deal with them. So I’ll simply let God deal with them. I ask you to do the same for those other faithful Christians who happen to disagree with you. OK? Dana is SO..ooo correct!! No gay people in a town? That is fantasy land. My township in central MA is small (by East Coast standards) in population. It had a population of 5000 in 1950; it’s only now approaching 10,000. These folk are spread out geographically. There a four "villages" within it that might be called "cities" in Utah. Even in the 50s, I was aware of the presence of at least a half dozen gay folk and I was still thinking I was straight. I’m certain that there were more. This township was virtually devoid of Jews, blacks and Asians at that time. Catholics didn’t marry Protestants and Poles didn’t marry the French-Canadians (except for my Mom and Dad, I’m happy to say). Today, we are approaching genuine diversity. Fifty years later one of our gay couples is among the plaintiffs in the suit that is before the Supreme Judicial Court that is the basis for their coming decision on the Constitutional of gay marriage. There is a young, 20-something man who is the clerk at the local Cumberland Farms and he talks openly with his coworkers and customers about his life with his partner. The very idea that any "straight" person, wherever, does not know one of us is absurd and delusional!! We’re here, we’re queer, we’re everywhere!! Today, I These

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"perverts" (I’m sorry, but that’s what "gay’s are! Queer. Weird. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – unnatural and completely going against God’s will!) Kids make fun of the word here in England, and call anyone who is weird, stupid, or lame ~ "Gay" It’s like calling someone a "moron" Completely laughable. (and the devil’s having the last laugh!):-( God made woman for man! The Penis for the vagina! (to "be fruitful and multiply") ~ End of story! Peace, (In His Love) Brenda

Right. And if God had wanted men to get fucked in the ass he would have put a hole there. I’m tired of your idiocy. Killfile. m

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "perverts" (I’m sorry, but that’s what "gay’s are! Queer. Weird. unnatural and completely going against God’s will!) Kids make fun of the word here in England, and call anyone who is weird, stupid, or lame ~ "Gay" It’s like calling someone a "moron" Completely laughable. (and the devil’s having the last laugh!):-( God made woman for man! The Penis for the vagina! (to "be fruitful and multiply") ~ End of story! Peace, (In His Love) Brenda Right. And if God had wanted men to get fucked in the ass he would have put a hole there. I’m tired of your idiocy. Killfile. m

** The "hole" he put there, was for spewing a bunch of crap!! (as Sodomites do when trying to justify their dirty deeds!) Sad they can’t see it! Tragic in fact! It’s what started the AIDS epidemic!!! "God is not mocked!" "whom the Lord loves, he chastises"? In His Love, (and truth) Harmony **In Memory of Rock Hudson and Liberace who first brought this terrible Gay disease to the world’s attention!:-( (May they rest in the Lord’s forgiving arms – after they repented:-)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – " I bet civilization would come to a complete halt." Or, at the very least, the Episcopal parishes in my city would be almost bereft of both choirmasters and choristers. Not just paid choristers, either. Numerous volunteers, a.k.a. parishioners, would also have to go. At my parish, we’d lose our senior warden, clerk, and organist/choirmaster (who is also a member of the vestry). Priscilla I know! Isn’t it astonishing how very few faithful Christians would "clear through customs" if Charles and Harmony were appointed as Divine Enforcement Agents-In-Chief! Fortunately, I believe God has other, higher, more relevant standards in play, which involve the quality of one’s love, and the sincerity of one’s commitment to live according to the Beatitudes, rather than the accidental gender of one’s beloved. In fact, I stake my transcendental future upon that conviction. Nothing else makes any sense. Unlike Charles and Harmony, I do not believe God is some tyrannical despot, holed up on high, issuing completely arbitrary and whimsical commands, which have no discernible relationship to the qualities of love we strive to practice in our human incarnations. Harmony, from your life story, you actually sound like quite a fascinating and rather jolly and good-humored person. I’ve avoided "taking off" on you personally, precisely because I’m quite aware that perfectly faithful Christians are deeply split on issues of our modern understanding of human sexuality — and I don’t think any faithful Christian is going to be "shut out" for holding any of the possible positions which might be held in good faith and good conscience. Only a foolish person would insist that truth is "all black and all white" on earth. Complicated human experience simply isn’t structured that way. Any mature adult knows this. But when you say things like "there are no homosexuals in my town", and "gay (sick)", you do leave me wondering if in fact you’re some sort of troll who’s simply pulling our chain for sport. These statements are so far out there in "fantasyland" that I don’t know how to begin to deal with them. So I’ll simply let God deal with them. I ask you to do the same for those other faithful Christians who happen to disagree with you. OK?

Dana is SO..ooo correct!! No gay people in a town? That is fantasy land. My township in central MA is small (by East Coast standards) in population. It had a population of 5000 in 1950; it’s only now approaching 10,000. These folk are spread out geographically. There a four "villages" within it that might be called "cities" in Utah. Even in the 50s, I was aware of the presence of at least a half dozen gay folk and I was still thinking I was straight. I’m certain that there were more. This township was virtually devoid of Jews, blacks and Asians at that time. Catholics didn’t marry Protestants and Poles didn’t marry the French-Canadians (except for my Mom and Dad, I’m happy to say). Today, we are approaching genuine diversity. Fifty years later one of our gay couples is among the plaintiffs in the suit that is before the Supreme Judicial Court that is the basis for their coming decision on the Constitutional of gay marriage. There is a young, 20-something man who is the clerk at the local Cumberland Farms and he talks openly with his coworkers and customers about his life with his partner. The very idea that any "straight" person, wherever, does not know one of us is absurd and delusional!! We’re here, we’re queer, we’re everywhere!! Today, I These

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I know! Isn’t it astonishing how very few faithful Christians would "clear through customs" if Charles and Harmony were appointed as Divine Enforcement Agents-In-Chief!

You would exclude more on the basis that orthodox Christians are unloving and bigoted. The only difference is that we make no pretense of "inclusivity," while liberals do. What a sham. Fortunately, I believe God has other, higher, more relevant standards in play, which involve the quality of one’s love, and the sincerity of one’s commitment to live according to the Beatitudes, rather than the accidental gender of one’s beloved.

Apparently you claim to have changed God’s mind. In fact, I stake my transcendental future upon that conviction. Nothing else makes any sense. Unlike Charles and Harmony, I do not believe God is some tyrannical despot, holed up on high, issuing completely arbitrary and whimsical commands, which have no discernible relationship to the qualities of love we strive to practice in our human incarnations.

You cannot get around the revealed moral code by dismissing it as "arbitrary and whimsical." Harmony, from your life story, you actually sound like quite a fascinating and rather jolly and good-humored person. I’ve avoided "taking off" on you personally, precisely because I’m quite aware that perfectly faithful Christians are deeply split on issues of our modern understanding of human sexuality — and I don’t think any faithful Christian is going to be "shut out" for holding any of the possible positions which might be held in good faith and good conscience. Only a foolish person would insist that truth is "all black and all white" on earth. Complicated human experience simply isn’t structured that way. Any mature adult knows this.

The issue is how divine revelation is structured, not human experience. But when you say things like "there are no homosexuals in my town", and "gay (sick)", you do leave me wondering if in fact you’re some sort of troll who’s simply pulling our chain for sport. These statements are so far out there in "fantasyland" that I don’t know how to begin to deal with them. So I’ll simply let God deal with them. I ask you to do the same for those other faithful Christians who happen to disagree with you. OK?

But obviously she cannot agree (nor can I) that practicing, unrepentant homosexuals are faithful Christians at all. Charles Hohenstein Boycott French products! http://www.FranceStinks.com/ http://www.pavefrance.com/blog/

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At my parish, we’d lose our senior warden, clerk, and organist/choirmaster (who is also a member of the vestry). Priscilla — Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum. (from topfive.com)

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Charles, the only problem with "mycroft"’s idea is that unlike blacks or Jews it is all to easy for gay folk to "hide". The largest number of us are "closeted" to some degree. I’m absolutely certain that if we all came out simultaneously and participated in a general strike that we could bring the nation to its knees. I don’t believe that homosexuals have the numbers to accomplish that. Maybe not, but they sure as hell have enough "numbers" to seriously handicap the american workforce, the service industry, the public schools. (How many gay band directors are there out there?) And if all their friends and relatives joined in a sympathy strike, I’m afraid you conservatives would find yourselves surrounded by empty pews, unmanned schools, restaurants and office buildings. pax, Les **That’s ridiculous!! Gays are a very small minority in this world! I don’t know where you live, but in my town there are absolutely no gay people. Everyone’s either married, or courting, and quite normal heterosexuals! (like our ancestors all were!:-)

I find it hard to believe that EVERYONE in your hometown is straight. Even Marshall, OK (whose biggest claim to fame is the widest mainstreet in Oklahoma) had one queer—–even when my mother was growing up—you know, back when everyone stayed in their closets and played nice? (He was also their town hippie.) My grandmother once told my mom "we had them when we were in school too". (That one blew everyone’s mind—-my grandmother’s the type that thinks you a whore if you leave the house with wet hair or wear jeans for anything but gardening or horseback riding.) In fact, I’ve never known or heard of any gay people anywhere I’ve lived in England. (and not too many in the USA either!)

I think you’ve probably known a few and didn’t know it. Another possibility is that you’re lying—or blind. I don’t think never having come in contact with a homosexual at all is a possiblility unless you’ve never been anywhere. Someone’s been listening to rumours (or lies)

Or maybe growing up in a sort of rural area of Oklahoma and going to school in an even more rural area and still managing to know a whole bunch of gueninely homosexual people. (To the point I don’t even think it’s strange anymore?) There’s just not that as many "Gay" (sick) people about, as you think!

They’re all around you. Peace, Harmony

What’s in a name? Pax Leslie. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – " I bet civilization would come to a complete halt." Or, at the very least, the Episcopal parishes in my city would be almost bereft of both choirmasters and choristers. Not just paid choristers, either. Numerous volunteers, a.k.a. parishioners, would also have to go. At my parish, we’d lose our senior warden, clerk, and organist/choirmaster (who is also a member of the vestry). Priscilla

This thread is beginning to sound like that song Jesse and I were writing a few days ago. John See "My latest Episco-filk" thread for details.

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" I bet civilization would come to a complete halt." Or, at the very least, the Episcopal parishes in my city would be almost bereft of both choirmasters and choristers. Not just paid choristers, either. Numerous volunteers, a.k.a. parishioners, would also have to go. At my parish, we’d lose our senior warden, clerk, and organist/choirmaster (who is also a member of the vestry). Priscilla

I know! Isn’t it astonishing how very few faithful Christians would "clear through customs" if Charles and Harmony were appointed as Divine Enforcement Agents-In-Chief! Fortunately, I believe God has other, higher, more relevant standards in play, which involve the quality of one’s love, and the sincerity of one’s commitment to live according to the Beatitudes, rather than the accidental gender of one’s beloved. In fact, I stake my transcendental future upon that conviction. Nothing else makes any sense. Unlike Charles and Harmony, I do not believe God is some tyrannical despot, holed up on high, issuing completely arbitrary and whimsical commands, which have no discernible relationship to the qualities of love we strive to practice in our human incarnations. Harmony, from your life story, you actually sound like quite a fascinating and rather jolly and good-humored person. I’ve avoided "taking off" on you personally, precisely because I’m quite aware that perfectly faithful Christians are deeply split on issues of our modern understanding of human sexuality — and I don’t think any faithful Christian is going to be "shut out" for holding any of the possible positions which might be held in good faith and good conscience. Only a foolish person would insist that truth is "all black and all white" on earth. Complicated human experience simply isn’t structured that way. Any mature adult knows this. But when you say things like "there are no homosexuals in my town", and "gay (sick)", you do leave me wondering if in fact you’re some sort of troll who’s simply pulling our chain for sport. These statements are so far out there in "fantasyland" that I don’t know how to begin to deal with them. So I’ll simply let God deal with them. I ask you to do the same for those other faithful Christians who happen to disagree with you. OK?

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**That’s ridiculous!! Gays are a very small minority in this world! I don’t know where you live, but in my town there are absolutely no gay people. Everyone’s either married, or courting, and quite normal heterosexuals! (like our ancestors all were!:-) In fact, I’ve never known or heard of any gay people anywhere I’ve lived in England. (and not too many in the USA either!) Someone’s been listening to rumours (or lies) There’s just not that as many "Gay" (sick) people about, as you think! Peace, Harmony

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Are you sure? Everyone? Let us assume for the sake of argument that the average Gay population is one tenth of one percent. I’m sure that you will agree that this is a conservative estimate. Does your town have a population of 1000 or more? Then there should be at least one Gay person. If your town has significantly more then 1000 people and none of them Gay, then the town is a statistical anomaly. In other words, your town, not Gayfolk, is unusual.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Charles, the only problem with "mycroft"’s idea is that unlike blacks or Jews it is all to easy for gay folk to "hide". The largest number of us are "closeted" to some degree. I’m absolutely certain that if we all came out simultaneously and participated in a general strike that we could bring the nation to its knees. I don’t believe that homosexuals have the numbers to accomplish that. Maybe not, but they sure as hell have enough "numbers" to seriously handicap the american workforce, the service industry, the public schools. (How many gay band directors are there out there?) And if all their friends and relatives joined in a sympathy strike, I’m afraid you conservatives would find yourselves surrounded by empty pews, unmanned schools, restaurants and office buildings. pax, Les **That’s ridiculous!! Gays are a very small minority in this world! I don’t know where you live, but in my town there are absolutely no gay people. Everyone’s either married, or courting, and quite normal heterosexuals! (like our ancestors all were!:-) In fact, I’ve never known or heard of any gay people anywhere I’ve lived in England. (and not too many in the USA either!) Someone’s been listening to rumours (or lies) There’s just not that as many "Gay" (sick) people about, as you think! Peace, Harmony

Har-de-har-har! I can’t count the number of times married, "straight" men (with wedding rings) wanted sex with me! You’d be surprised how many of us there are. You are so full of bile and hate that it has blinded you to reality. m

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Just a passing thought: I wonder what would happen to society if all gay and lesbian people everywhere went on strike and picketed and committed acts of civil disobedience. I bet civilization would come to a complete halt.

That seems unlikely to me. Charles Hohenstein Boycott French products! http://www.FranceStinks.com/ http://www.pavefrance.com/blog/

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a passing thought: I wonder what would happen to society if all gay and lesbian people everywhere went on strike and picketed and committed acts of civil disobedience. I bet civilization would come to a complete halt. That seems unlikely to me. Charles Hohenstein Boycott French products! http://www.FranceStinks.com/ http://www.pavefrance.com/blog/

Charles, the only problem with "mycroft"’s idea is that unlike blacks or Jews it is all to easy for gay folk to "hide". The largest number of us are "closeted" to some degree. I’m absolutely certain that if we all came out simultaneously and participated in a general strike that we could bring the nation to its knees.

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I don’t believe that homosexuals have the numbers to accomplish that. But that, of course, depends on one’s definition of "homosexual." Charles Hohenstein Boycott French products! http://www.FranceStinks.com/ http://www.pavefrance.com/blog/

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Himself"! Charles, the only problem with "mycroft"’s idea is that unlike blacks or Jews it is all to easy for gay folk to "hide". The largest number of us are "closeted" to some degree. I’m absolutely certain that if we all came out simultaneously and participated in a general strike that we could bring the nation to its knees. I don’t believe that homosexuals have the numbers to accomplish that.

Maybe not, but they sure as hell have enough "numbers" to seriously handicap the american workforce, the service industry, the public schools. (How many gay band directors are there out there?) And if all their friends and relatives joined in a sympathy strike, I’m afraid you conservatives would find yourselves surrounded by empty pews, unmanned schools, restaurants and office buildings. pax, Les

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Following the backlash in the Anglican Church that forced gay bishop appointee Jeffrey John to reject the post, an openly gay couple who tend the grass at their local church have resigned in protest.

If they wish to resign, fine. It’s certainly their choice to make. I hope that they don’t have the illusion that it will have some kind of impact on the situation. Charles Hohenstein Boycott French products! http://www.FranceStinks.com/ http://www.pavefrance.com/blog/

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! This is really funny. Just a passing thought: I wonder what would happen to society if all gay and lesbian people everywhere went on strike and picketed and committed acts of civil disobedience. I bet civilization would come to a complete halt. m

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gay gardeners quit over Anglican strife Gay.com U.K. Wednesday, July 9, 2003 / 05:10 PM Following the backlash in the Anglican Church that forced gay bishop appointee Jeffrey John to reject the post, an openly gay couple who tend the grass at their local church have resigned in protest. Richard Edmunds and Nigel Hughes tended the grass at All Saints Parish Church in Lawshall, near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, according to the East Anglian Daily Times. Hughes wrote to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to show the strength of the couple’s feelings. "I am very sorry to inform you that my partner Richard Edmunds and I feel it is necessary to resign from our positions as volunteer grass cutters for All Saints Parish Church in Lawshall, Suffolk," Hughes wrote. "Given the present circumstances of the forced resignation of Canon John because of his, albeit, celibate homosexual relationship with his partner of 27 years, we felt that you would certainly not approve of an active homosexual couple tending to the environment of your beloved souls in the parish church graveyard. "Our resignation will of course put some extra strain on the existing grass cutting team. I therefore cordially invite you to fill our slot of grass cutting, which will be in the final two weeks of September." The bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Rev. Richard Lewis, attacked the backlash against Canon John. As cited in the Times, he said: "It is a very sad day for the Church of England when possibly one of the most democratically appointed bishops has to withdraw because of the pressure applied by a minority of people."

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Gay gardeners quit over Anglican strife Gay.com U.K. Wednesday, July 9, 2003 / 05:10 PM Following the backlash in the Anglican Church that forced gay bishop appointee Jeffrey John to reject the post, an openly gay couple who tend the grass at their local church have resigned in protest. Richard Edmunds and Nigel Hughes tended the grass at All Saints Parish Church in Lawshall, near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, according to the East Anglian Daily Times. Hughes wrote to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to show the strength of the couple’s feelings. "I am very sorry to inform you that my partner Richard Edmunds and I feel it is necessary to resign from our positions as volunteer grass cutters for All Saints Parish Church in Lawshall, Suffolk," Hughes wrote. "Given the present circumstances of the forced resignation of Canon John because of his, albeit, celibate homosexual relationship with his partner of 27 years, we felt that you would certainly not approve of an active homosexual couple tending to the environment of your beloved souls in the parish church graveyard. "Our resignation will of course put some extra strain on the existing grass cutting team. I therefore cordially invite you to fill our slot of grass cutting, which will be in the final two weeks of September." The bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Rev. Richard Lewis, attacked the backlash against Canon John. As cited in the Times, he said: "It is a very sad day for the Church of England when possibly one of the most democratically appointed bishops has to withdraw because of the pressure applied by a minority of people."

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