Assorted links
1. Will Walmart save the small farm and make America healthy?
2. Village people ask, does the C of E General Synod we see on the BBC really exist?
3. The Interfaith Alliance of Iowa has presented legislators with a letter co-signed by 167 Iowa clergy -- including the Rt. Rev. Alan Scarfe, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa -- urging Iowa senators and representatives to support “marriage equality” and “oppose any resolution or attempt to diminish the marriage rights” of gay couples.
4. Sociologists respond to economic incentives; produce more research on white, Protestant religion.
5. Harvard students don't get religion.
6. The rules of generosity: When Unicef announced that the number of children dying each year from poverty-related causes had dropped by one million, as compared to two years earlier, the story got very little media attention.
7. If the Founding Fathers had wanted America to be a Christian nation, they would’ve said so.
8. An Episcopalian wins Westminster. Well, actually it's the owner who is an Episcopalian. This according to a report from the Rev. Kit Carlson. Congratulations to Sadie, AKA Ch Roundtown Mercedes Of Maryscot.
Does #8 mean that the Church has gone to the dogs?
(Sorry, but somebody had to ask.)
Posted by David C. Wacaster+![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/nav-commenters.gif)
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February 17, 2010 5:43 PM
No, it means the church and Westminster have gone to the Scots! (heh heh!) Brava, Sadie.
But I ask you, when is a large dog going to win again? The black lab was powerful, but the Irish Wolfhound had such presence. Ah well, maybe next year...
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February 18, 2010 8:59 AM
Re #5. I knew the minute Harvard went Unitarian, there would be trouble.
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February 18, 2010 6:32 PM