19 Jan 2004
Standing on Principle

Anyone still suffering from the delusion that organized Christian religion is all about "principles" and not about money needs to read this article carefully. Let me start you off on the most relevent paragraph:

Experts say conservative parishes do not want to officially split from the church because - under secular law - they have to surrender their properties to the denomination.

"We've got a $12 million facility and we can't just walk away from it," the Reverend Donald Armstrong, who represents Midwestern and Mountain states, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

Members of the Episcopalian Church opposed to the appointment of a gay bishop meet to form a nationwide alliance.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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