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Female bishop faces revolt.


The only female bishop m Norway's Lutheran Church faces a revolt REVOLT, crim. law. The act of congress of April 30, 1790, s. 8, 1 Story's L. U. S. 84, punishes with death any seaman who shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to hinder or prevent his fighting in defence of his ship, or goods committed to his trust, or shall make a revolt  in her ranks after allowing an openly lesbian clergywoman cler·gy·wom·an  
n.
A woman who is a member of the clergy.
 to return to work. At least 27 of the roughly 120 clergy in Bishop Rosamarie Kohn's Hamar Hamar (hä`mär), city (1995 pop. 26,284), capital of Hedmark co., SE Norway, on Lake Mjøsa. It is a commercial, industrial, and winter-sports center.  district said March 15 that they could no longer accept her spiritual guidance because of her decision to allow minister Sift Sunde to return to work.
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Apr 27, 1999
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