During the antebellum years South Carolina's cash crops were rice, sugarcane, tobacco and cotton all of which are labor intensive to produce and harvest. In the mid-19th century in the rural South there were few, if any, mechanical devices designed for agriculture.

In 1851, young William entered the South Carolina Military Academy which is now known as The Citadel. There he had a powerful encounter with the Lord.

Readers of this blog are likely already familiar with Lee's litigious policy towards former Episcopalians who sought to depart his diocese and retain control of their parish properties. Less widely known is that Lee was a supporter of the work of the Institute on Religion & Democracy during the leadership of IRD President Diane Knippers, including diocesan financial support as late as 2003.

The House of Deputies, not to be undone, has passed several resolutions that affirm gender transitions at any age, affirms abortion on demand and condemns Crisis Pregnancy Centers.

HOB ACTION: RESOLUTION C003

The Episcopal Church House of Bishops tosses William Porcher Dubose from Lesser Feasts and Fasts on a "trial basis"

Lambeth I.10 is the historic resolution about marriage and human sexuality which Anglicans have been fighting about for the past 25 years.

It was drawn up and passed by an overwhelming majority of bishops at the Lambeth Conference in 1998, and it "rejects homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture" and states that they "cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same-sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same gender unions".