hey guys this follows onto my comment near starryn's post, see am british , so perhaps this doesnt effect me, however may partner, starryn is american all i can say is thank good our home and life is in britain.
please correct me if am wrong but i thought , religion and politics werent allowed to mix in usa?
However, with Bush’s new nominee for the job, James Holsinger, we’re probably going to hear quite a bit more about the position.
[Holsinger and his wife] founded Hope Springs Community Church in a warehouse at 1109 Versailles Road. Calhoun called it a socially diverse congregation with a “very vital recovery ministry.” It serves the homeless and those with addictions to drugs, alcohol and sex; and it has a Spanish-language Hispanic congregation with its own pastor. […]
Hope Springs also ministers to people who no longer wish to be gay or lesbian, Calhoun said.
“We see that as an issue not of orientation but of lifestyle,” he said. “We have people who seek to walk out of that lifestyle.”
Holsinger, in his capacity as a high-ranking official in the United Methodist Church, also opposed allowing a lesbian to be an associate pastor, and backed another pastor who refused to let a gay man join his church.
The Surgeon General needs Senate confirmation. Expect interesting hearings.
