Episcopal Churches To Vote on Departure - washingtonpost.com
Two Washington-area conservative Episcopal congregations are threatening to bolt the Episcopal Church because it treats women and gays as full equals before God. If the Churches do so, they will be submitting themselves to the authority of a lunatic Nigerian bishop who supports jail time for homosexual activity.
However, they know there are questions about a suburban Washington congregation technically under the leadership of Akinola, who has supported a new Nigerian law that penalizes gay activity, whether private or "a public show of same sex amorous relationship," with jail time.
Contrast, for example, the position of Bishop Tutu; the Nobel Peace Prize winner and hero of South African independence is in favor of expansive rights for gays in the Church.
In addition, there is likely to be a bitter court battle as the Episcopal Church seeks to enforce its rights to the property of the two Churches.
History will not be kind.
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