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More on the election of openly lesbian bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Mary Glasspool over the weekend.

Said Glasspool: "I'm very excited about the future of the whole Episcopal Church and I
see the Diocese of Los Angeles leading the way into that future. But
for just for this moment, let me say again, thank you, and thanks be to
our loving and supporting God, a surprising God."

The L.A. Times reports: "Today, as he announced the vote that gave Glasspool a majority, Los
Angeles Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno's voice choked with emotion. Then
he joked that someone had asked whether he could work with two women as
his suffragan bishops. 'I have to tell you I was born from a mother’s
womb and I’ve been taking orders from women ever since,' he said,
adding, 'I can assure you I can work with two women.'  After her election, Glasspool was surrounded by supporters, both gay and straight. Several wept as they embraced her."

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is concerned about the election of Glasspool: "In a statement posted on his website Dr Williams said the election 'raises very serious questions not just for the Episcopal Church and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole'. … 'The process of selection however is only part complete,' he said. 'The election has to be confirmed, or could be rejected, by diocesan bishops and diocesan standing committees. That decision will have very important implications.'

Bishops of the US Episcopal Church voted in July to overturn a three-year ban on the appointment of gay bishops.

Anglican leaders had asked the Church to observe the moratorium. 'The bishops of the Communion have collectively acknowledged that a period of gracious restraint in respect of actions which are contrary to the mind of the Communion is necessary if our bonds of mutual affection are to hold,' said Dr Williams."

Williams, incidentally, has refused to condemn Uganda's "kill the gays" bill:

"In response to public pressure, Williams’ office said three days ago (3 December) that 'attempts to publicly influence either the local church or political opinion in Uganda would be divisive and counter productive. Our contacts, at both national and diocesan level, with the local church will therefore remain intensive but private'.

While most accept the Archbishop’s sincerity in opposing the Ugandan legislation, many suggest that he is being naïve about his tactics and giving the impression that Christian leaders will not speak up for gay people’s human rights. His decision to question Glasspool’s appointment, while saying nothing on Uganda, is likely to fuel such criticisms."

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Bishop M. Thomas Shaw III told priests in his Episcopal diocese in eastern Massachusetts that they may officiate at same-sex marriages:

"The decision is likely to exacerbate tensions in the Episcopal Church and the global denomination to which it belongs, the Anglican Communion, which has faced significant division in the wake of the election of an openly gay priest as bishop of New Hampshire in 2003. 'The time has come,' Shaw said in a telephone interview. 'It’s time for us to offer to gay and lesbian people the same sacrament of fidelity that we offer to the heterosexual world.'

Shaw, a longtime supporter of gay rights and same-sex marriage, had previously cited the Episcopal Church’s canons and prayer book in barring local priests from officiating at same-sex marriages, even after such unions became legal in Massachusetts in 2004…Shaw said his diocese includes 'a
significant number of gay and lesbian clergy who are in partnerships,'
and that 'many of our parishes have significant numbers of gay and
lesbian people.' The
decision affects only Episcopalians in Eastern Massachusetts. A
separate Episcopal diocese in Western Massachusetts has been more
conservative on sexuality issues."

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FBI: Anti-gay hate crimes increase 11%.

Joey Arias brings 'Arias with a Twist' to L.A.

Dangerous: Martha Stewart has some strong words for Sarah Palin.

Should PEPFAR money to Uganda be cut off?

Report: 4,000 Anglican priests to join Catholic Church. "Under the Vatican’s initiative, Anglicans, turned off by their own
church’s embrace of gay clerics, women priests and blessing of same-sex
unions, can join new parishes, called ‘personal ordinariates’, that are
headed by former Anglican prelates."

Formed following the passage of Proposition 8, gay rights group celebrates first anniversary in Orange County.

Man attacked after climbing into bear enclosure at zoo in Bern, Switzerland.

Did J Lo fall so people would notice her performance?

Canada border guards seize PG-rated gay films headed for Inside Out Film Festival: "All three movies have been shown in Canada before. Patrik 1.5 is a PG-rated film about a gay couple's foibles adopting a child in Sweden. Clapham Junction is R-rated, but by no means obscene.

I Can't Think Straight, the other film seized, is a relatively mainstream movie which had a theatrical release this summer. It stars Lisa Ray."

WATCH: Janet Jackson's new video "Make Me".

Selected entries from National Geographic's International Photography contest.

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios on former KC Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, anti-gay slurs, and homophobia in professional sports: "I hope the league moves beyond individual suspensions and instead
enacts zero-tolerance policies that start to address the danger of
homophobia in sports."

Denver evangelical church opens doors to all.

Nude sunbathing initiative led by gay rights activists rejected in UK.

Stonewall Family: World of Warcraft highlights Gay Guild.

Jude Law does his fitness routine for students at NYU.

Male model fix: Nicholas Lemons.

Oaxacan town holds drag festival: "The annual dance and festival of the muxes celebrates a group of
homosexual men who don elaborate makeup and traditional dress to dance
and crown a queen, all with the support and excitement of the local
community. Zapotec Indian culture in the Juchitan area, 277 km south of the Oaxacan capital, treats male homosexuality with openness."

Health care plan to include prayer?

Carrie Prejean's brother on her sex tapes: "If they were put in front of me I'd probably watch it."

Akron and Summit counties in Ohio mull anti-discimination ordinance protecting gays and lesbians.

Geri Halliwell has a revelation: not all hairdressers are gay.

Tel Aviv evicting gays from public park cruising area: "The new policy is divisive even within the LGBT community itself, as some of its leaders sided with city hall. Yaniv Weizmann, founder of the Proud Youth organization and a city council member, told Haaretz that the park's historic role was over. 'The community has matured,' he said. 'We can walk around in broad daylight in Tel Aviv. Something that was relevant when we were a persecuted and oppressed community is no longer relevant today.'

Others see establishment leaders like Weizmann as traitors to the cause."

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Pope Benedict sees opportunity in conflict, welcoming gay-hating Anglicans to his Church.

Reuters reports:

"Pope Benedict on Tuesday took a major step to make it easier for
disaffected Anglicans who feel their Church has become too liberal to
convert to Roman Catholicism. The move comes after years of discontent in some sectors of the
77-million-strong worldwide Anglican community over the ordination of
women priests and homosexual bishops…The Vatican said the Pope had approved a document known as an 'Apostolic Constitution' to accept Anglicans who want to join
Catholicism, either individually or in groups, while maintaining some
of their own traditions. It marks perhaps the clearest and boldest institutional step by the
Vatican to welcome disaffected Anglicans into the fold since King Henry
VIII broke with Rome and set himself up at the head of the new Church
of England in 1534. The new structure allows for the appointment of leaders, usually
bishops who will come from the ranks of unmarried former Anglican
priests, to oversee communities of former Anglicans who become
Catholics and recognize the pope as their leader."

And (fresh from his 700 Club appearance) one-man Catholic League President Bill Donohue, the Pope's biggest mouthpiece in America, penned a guest column for the Washington Post. Some excerpted gems:

— "Sexual libertines, from the Marquis de Sade to radical gay activists,
have sought to pervert society by acting out on their own perversions.
What motivates them most of all is a pathological hatred of
Christianity. They know, deep down, that what they are doing is wrong,
and they shudder at the dreaded words, "Thou Shalt Not." But they
continue with their death-style anyway."

— "The ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State
harbor an agenda to smash the last vestiges of Christianity in America.
Lying about their real motives, they say their fidelity is to the
Constitution. But there is nothing in the Constitution that sanctions
the censorship of religious speech. From banning nativity scenes to
punishing little kids for painting a picture of Jesus, the zealots give
Fidel a good run for his money. Catholics were once the mainstay of the Democratic Party; now the
gay activists are in charge. Indeed, practicing Catholics are no longer
welcome in leadership roles in the Party: the contempt that pro-life
Catholics experience is palpable. The fact that Catholics for Choice, a
notoriously anti-Catholic front group funded by the Ford Foundation,
has a close relationship with the Democrats says it all."

— "The culture war is up for grabs. The good news is that religious
conservatives continue to breed like rabbits, while secular saboteurs
have shut down: they're too busy walking their dogs, going to
bathhouses and aborting their kids. Time, it seems, is on the side of
the angels."

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