Post by Felix on May 5, 2007 11:45:14 GMT -5
Story here.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Jim McGreevey has gone from altar boy to mayor to the nation's first openly gay governor.
From the moment he stood at a podium in 2004 and announced he was a "gay American" who was resigning because of an affair with a male staffer, people wondered what McGreevey's next act would be.
Now we know: He wants to become a preacher and a teacher.
Remember former Governor Jim "I am a gay American" McGreevey of New Jersey? He is again in the news, now as a prospective Episcopal priest, if he goes through the whole process, which is lengthy.
As an Episcopalian, my first reaction to this news was that more tension between the U.S. Episcopal Church and the parent Anglican Communion will result.
If he sincerely thinks he has a vocation, as part of his process of self-examination he needs to consider carefully the effect on the church of such a high-profile act.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Jim McGreevey has gone from altar boy to mayor to the nation's first openly gay governor.
From the moment he stood at a podium in 2004 and announced he was a "gay American" who was resigning because of an affair with a male staffer, people wondered what McGreevey's next act would be.
Now we know: He wants to become a preacher and a teacher.
Remember former Governor Jim "I am a gay American" McGreevey of New Jersey? He is again in the news, now as a prospective Episcopal priest, if he goes through the whole process, which is lengthy.
As an Episcopalian, my first reaction to this news was that more tension between the U.S. Episcopal Church and the parent Anglican Communion will result.
If he sincerely thinks he has a vocation, as part of his process of self-examination he needs to consider carefully the effect on the church of such a high-profile act.
