Now there may be two. Six years after the Episcopal Church exploded in dissension over the election of the nation's first actively gay bishop, The Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a second.The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore was narrowly elected Saturday to be an assistant bishop. (Friday, the diocese also elected a woman bishop) If the vote is ratified by a majority of the nation's dioceses, Glasspool will be consecrated May 15, according to the Associated Press.How iffy is this? At the tri-annual legislative meeting last summer, the Church affirmed that gays and lesbians could be called as bishops -- despite fierce pressure from traditionalists in the US all the way up to the head of worldwide Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.Last summer, traditionalists in the U.S. have split off to form the Anglican Church in North America, which not only forbids gay bishops, it won't permit women bishops either. Then, in October, Pope Benedict XVI surprised Williams by throwing open a wide welcome to traditionalist Anglicans -- including married Anglican priests -- to move to the Catholic Church.Most of the world's 77 million Anglicans in Africa, Asia and South America lean to the traditionalist direction and are likely to find the latest American choice of another gay bishop to be a renewed affront.
Now there may be two. Six years after the Episcopal Church exploded in dissension over the election of the nation's first actively gay bishop, The Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a second.
The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore was narrowly elected Saturday to be an assistant bishop. (Friday, the diocese also elected a woman bishop) If the vote is ratified by a majority of the nation's dioceses, Glasspool will be consecrated May 15, according to the Associated Press.
How iffy is this? At the tri-annual legislative meeting last summer, the Church affirmed that gays and lesbians could be called as bishops -- despite fierce pressure from traditionalists in the US all the way up to the head of worldwide Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
Last summer, traditionalists in the U.S. have split off to form the Anglican Church in North America, which not only forbids gay bishops, it won't permit women bishops either. Then, in October, Pope Benedict XVI surprised Williams by throwing open a wide welcome to traditionalist Anglicans -- including married Anglican priests -- to move to the Catholic Church.
Most of the world's 77 million Anglicans in Africa, Asia and South America lean to the traditionalist direction and are likely to find the latest American choice of another gay bishop to be a renewed affront.
There's a different type of story out of Burleson this holiday season. A couple in the city, 13 miles south of Fort Worth, believes God has given them a divine sign and it's a message spelled out in the most unusual of places. Tracy and Pam Norrell are calling it a miracle, a gift laid before them on their small farm. Tracy went to gather the eggs from the chicken coop Monday night, as he does every day. But this time one egg in particular caught his eye. Unlike the others, this egg isn't smooth and a very noticeable cross is indented on the top. The Norell's say the egg was laid 'straight from heaven' and is a message of encouragement that comes at the right time.
Imagine being stuck on a plane next to this guy! A stewardess reportedly snapped this amazing photo of a passenger who was not only too big for his seat -- but almost too big to fit on the aircraft. One side of the jumbo jetter's body took up a full seat, while the rest of him jutted so far into the aisle, it nearly touched the opposite row of seats. The picture was apparently taken aboard an American Airlines 757 as it was at the gate getting ready for takeoff -- although it is not known where the flight originated or where it was headed, according to Kieran Daly of the Unusual Attitude airline blog at Flightglobal.com, which first published the image. "The [flight attendant] took it to show her manager what was happening on the aircraft and why she was unhappy about it," he wrote. "Seems the guy paid for only one seat and the gate staff let him board."
Imagine being stuck on a plane next to this guy!
A stewardess reportedly snapped this amazing photo of a passenger who was not only too big for his seat -- but almost too big to fit on the aircraft.
One side of the jumbo jetter's body took up a full seat, while the rest of him jutted so far into the aisle, it nearly touched the opposite row of seats.
The picture was apparently taken aboard an American Airlines 757 as it was at the gate getting ready for takeoff -- although it is not known where the flight originated or where it was headed, according to Kieran Daly of the Unusual Attitude airline blog at Flightglobal.com, which first published the image.
"The [flight attendant] took it to show her manager what was happening on the aircraft and why she was unhappy about it," he wrote. "Seems the guy paid for only one seat and the gate staff let him board."
The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
En interprétant le rôle de « L'Haïtien » dans la série fantastique américaine Heroes, Jimmy Jean-Louis est devenu une star du petit écran. L'acteur a aussi imposé sa présence sur le grand écran en participant à plusieurs longs métrages aux Etats-Unis, en France et dans la Caraïbe. Il est le parrain de la 4e édition du festival international de cinéma Cinamazonia, qui se déroule du 19 au 24 novembre en Guyane française.
English translation in part here. "Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
