It's very touchy-feely to support bringing the world's religions
together as urged by the late Roman Catholic pontiff, but we should
be wary of the dangers of accommodating faith traditions that
sanction bigotry under the guise of religiosity. For instance,
Washington Post columnist
Colbert King notes that Anglican bishop Nzerebende Tembo in
Uganda:
suspended all activities between his diocese and the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, including his request for $352,941 to support an HIV-AIDS program, financial assistance for orphans' education and a visit by a U.S. medical team. Tembo based his decision on news that the Central Pennsylvania diocese had supported election of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire.... [T]he Pennsylvania group had collected more than $350,000 to send to Uganda.
[Tempo claims no money had been pledged but] acknowledged withdrawing his request and said he also asked that the U.S. medical team not visit Uganda.... The money sought from the Central Pennsylvania Diocese, Tembo observed, "is not the only money in the world."
Comments King: "Thus ecumenism on the Anglican front."
--Stephen H. Miller