This really has wide repercussions for all the Continuing Churches, whether they like it or not. Only look at the Obama/Biden administrations' openly anti-religious edicts on abortion and sexual mutilation of children to realize that Christians cannot keep themselves "pure and clean" and entirely out of the dirty business of politics. It has not escaped my observation that the COVID restrictions particularly targeted churches to the exclusion of some commercial locations and of left-wing protests.
For the ACC bishops to have de-licensed Fr. Robinson in the context of his speech at the national pro-life gathering this January is especially ill-aimed. The proposition that he was imitating a N**i salute is preposterous, and anyone whose information comes from more reliable sources than MSNBC knows it. They knew who Fr. Robinson was when they licensed him. He is not a shrinking violet when it comes to the crucially important issues of the lives of children and of freedom to practice religion.
If the ACC bishops won't come to their senses, perhaps Fr. Robinson's parish in Grand Rapids should reconsider its affiliation with that body. They have deprived parishioners of the sacramental life of the church for reasons which are not valid and show no due process either to the priest or to the parish.
This really has wide repercussions for all the Continuing Churches, whether they like it or not. Only look at the Obama/Biden administrations' openly anti-religious edicts on abortion and sexual mutilation of children to realize that Christians cannot keep themselves "pure and clean" and entirely out of the dirty business of politics. It has not escaped my observation that the COVID restrictions particularly targeted churches to the exclusion of some commercial locations and of left-wing protests.
For the ACC bishops to have de-licensed Fr. Robinson in the context of his speech at the national pro-life gathering this January is especially ill-aimed. The proposition that he was imitating a N**i salute is preposterous, and anyone whose information comes from more reliable sources than MSNBC knows it. They knew who Fr. Robinson was when they licensed him. He is not a shrinking violet when it comes to the crucially important issues of the lives of children and of freedom to practice religion.
If the ACC bishops won't come to their senses, perhaps Fr. Robinson's parish in Grand Rapids should reconsider its affiliation with that body. They have deprived parishioners of the sacramental life of the church for reasons which are not valid and show no due process either to the priest or to the parish.
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