Re: TAN Gene Robinson

On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:54:47 GMT, JadeEyes said...
<re: the consecration of Gene Robinson...>
> I guess there's a part in the consecration ceremony that's just the same as
> they have in all the soap weddings....the officiating minister asks if there
> is anyone here who knows a reason why this person should not be consecrated,
> speak now or forever hold your peace. True to classic soap form, someone had
> an objection...in fact, a few of them spoke their "piece", including Bishop
> Fox from the Pittsburgh diocese, who proceeded to shock the audience by
> beginning his objection w/ rattling off a vivid and detailed description of
> various homosexual sex acts that I guess in his opinion are a sin in the
> eyes of God (probably the biggest thrill he's had all year, talking "dirty"
> in front of a big crowd like that!). Bishop Frank Griswold, the presiding
> priest, cut him off abruptly w/, "Bishop Fox, if you could skip the details
> and get to the substance of your objection." 

I have a really dumb-ass question about this... when a minister asks if 
there are any objections to a wedding (or in this case, a consecration), 
and someone speaks up, legally speaking, what is the officiating minister 
supposed to do... stop the ceremony because someone objected... let the 
person who objected speak their mind and then proceed with the 
ceremony... what?  I mean, if there are no legal/religious ways to stop a 
consecration or a wedding by people voicing their objections, then why is 
that line a part of the ceremony if it's pointless?

> Jade
> 
> drop a yahoo to chat

--- Cory

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