"Today we want to invoke Dr. King's call for justice on the land where Jesus lived his earthly ministry, the holy land that is precious to all Jews, Christians, and Muslims - the people of Abraham. We affirm that God intends for Israeli Jews and Palestinians to live together in a just peace. Dr.

There has not been such an eruption of anger and frustration since the openly gay Gene Robinson was consecrated Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003.

One by one, the mostly African archbishops have lined up to denounce and threaten the Church of England's decision to allow unverifiable celibate gay bishops to function in the church, even though the laity recently shot down the idea of women bishops in the Church of England.

For we mere mortals, judgment is for those who judge others we are told. Verses like "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you," haunt the lips of any would be judgmental person.

If you are living with someone of the same sex, you can't have sex if you want to be a bishop.

The Church's current policy is expressed in a bishops' statement of 1991 that homosexual relationships are acceptable for laity but not for clergy. The ruling general synod voted heavily in favor of requesting further discussion on the issue of human sexuality by clergy and congregations across the country, thus confusing everybody about who can and cannot have gay sex.