From a Republican law maker in MN who is trying ban the mandated participation in the proposed overhaul of health coverage: “They’re essentially saying that state constitutions are meaningless, and I disagree,” he said. “And tell me where in the U.S. Constitution it says the federal government has the right to provide health care? This is the essence of the debate.”
So, then, if the state's constitution trumps all, then why do these same people insist in a federal-level Defense of Marriage Act?
These sorts of contradictions drive me nuts but do not surprise me one iota.
candles
Light one in your heart.... click on the photo to see a short video of burning velas.
caminante sign
IAES symbol
“The Windsor report. It’s just a report. When did it become like the Bible? The Covenant. Why do we need another Covenant? We have the Baptismal Covenant. We have the Creeds. What else do we need?” Bishop Martín Barahona, former Primate of la Iglesia de la Región de Central América and Bishop of the Iglesia Anglicana Episcopal de El Salvador
About Me
- Caminante
- I am a life-long Episcopalian, who has been ordained since 1993. I was rector of a family-size congregation from 1994-2008 and and ended three years as priest in partnership at a pastoral-size congregation in Vermont's fourth-largest city (Rutland) in 2011. Now I am vicar of a tiny congregation in the Green Mountains of Vermont. I am involved in church governance at the diocesan, church-wide and international Anglican levels. I was a member of a CREDO faculty team working with the clergy and lay leaders of l'Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti. I also try to go to El Salvador a few times a year and am officially Canon Missioner of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador (since 2004). In 2007, I finished the 1570 km Chemin de Saint Jacques/Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I greatly enjoy hiking in the Vermont Greens and NH Whites and reflect on those hikes. In 2010 I also completed walking the 273 mile-long Long Trail in the Green Mountains of Vermont... maybe next the Appalachian Trail? Lastly but most important, I am a cat-fanatic. (N.B. Whatever I post here does not reflect either the opinions of my congregation or of The Episcopal Church but merely those of an individual.)
Inspiration Pilgrimage
Photos and description of the Camino de Santiago/Chemin de Saint Jaques
la prêtre branchée
You said what???
Cats for Obama
Mooooo
One campaign
MDGs
Sisyphus
Life in Vermont
Free Zone
¡Gracias!, Padre Mickey
1 comment:
Like those whom claim all right knowledge of the Bible message, what agrees with me is good. What doesn't can be ignored as it isn't exactly wrong, it just doesn't apply to this situation. sigh.
word is comeapet - how are your felines?
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