Hypocritical.Dear editor, I am happy that our Canadian House of Bishops expressed "grave concern" about the proposed legislation regarding homosexuality homosexuality, a term created by 19th cent. theorists to describe a sexual and emotional interest in members of one's own sex. Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing in Nigeria and have disassociated themselves from the actions of the Church in Nigeria (Bishops speak out against Nigerian laws on homosexuality, May 4 anglicanjournal.com news story). However, is this not somewhat hypocritical hyp·o·crit·i·cal adj. 1. Characterized by hypocrisy: hypocritical praise. 2. Being a hypocrite: a hypocritical rogue. in the light of the decisions made last year by the diocese DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111. of the Arctic Arctic area of constant cold. [Geography: WB, A:600] See : Coldness (language, music) Arctic - A real-time functional language, used for music synthesis. ["Arctic: A Functional Language for Real-Time Control", R.B. to ban from employment homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals and those who support and promote "such behavior, lifestyle or teaching?" The issues are not much different. Did not Jesus say something about beams and motes? Canon Lettie James Montreal |
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