Uganda Anglicans Threaten To Secede From Global Church

I find it telling that member churches of the Anglican Communion in countries that are in many ways absolute hell holes with countless severe problems, including poverty, disease, and murderous and corrupt governments to name a few, continue to be more concerned with condemning gays than tending to the dire needs of their flocks. What happened to Christ's directives to feed the hungry, attend to the poor, etc.? Either the leaders of these churches are jockeying for power or they are extreme self-hating closet case. No one is THAT obsessed with sexual orientation unless they have serious issues of their own. One can only hope that the Anglican Communion will have the courage to say good bye and good riddance. Here are some highlights from 365gay.com ( http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/02/022008uganda.htm):

(Kampala) Uganda's Anglican church is threatening to secede from the 77-million member Anglican Communion unless U.S. clergy condemn homosexuality. Last week, Uganda's Anglican bishops said they would boycott a once-a-decade gathering of worldwide church leaders this summer in England because of the Episcopal Church's stance on homosexuality.

Mwesigye said the Ugandan church is now considering a complete severing of ties "because we have complained against homosexuality several times but no action is taken." "If they don't change, and continue to support homosexual practices and same-sex marriages, our relationship with them will be completely broken," Mwesigye added.

Tensions between more liberal and conservative branches of Anglicanism mounted in 2006 with the election of Katharine Jefferts Schori, who supports ordaining gays, as the first female leader of the U.S. church. Mwesigye said that if the Uganda church does break off, it will enlist other African churches to form a separate fellowship that does not condone homosexuality.