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madbaker ([personal profile] madbaker) wrote2003-12-08 06:49 am

heh.

"The consecration of Gene Robinson as bishop of the New Hampshire Diocese of the Episcopal Church is an affront to Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that the church's founder, Henry VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, and his wife Anne Boleyn, and his wife Jane Seymour, and his wife Anne of Cleves, and his wife Katherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr are no longer here to suffer through this assault on traditional Christian marriage."

[identity profile] fionnbharro.livejournal.com 2003-12-08 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's sweet.

To whom can I attribute it?

Priestly humor attribution

[identity profile] madbaker.livejournal.com 2003-12-08 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I picked it up from a letter to the Comical.
It was attributed to "a priest friend", which is why I didn't credit it to anyone.

Re: Priestly humor attribution

[identity profile] fionnbharro.livejournal.com 2003-12-08 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.... so I'll pass it on with an attribution to "Unnamed Priest".

What is "the Comical"? Is this something I should know.

What is the Comical?

[identity profile] madbaker.livejournal.com 2003-12-08 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Otherwise known as the Chronicle. For years, it was a trash rag. Sadly enough, it's the best paper in S.F. these days. It's not up to the Merc's standards...

Re: What is the Comical?

[identity profile] fionnbharro.livejournal.com 2003-12-08 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Silly me. I thought it might have been some online storehouse of wisdom cleverly disguised as humor.

A source for Henry 8 quote

[identity profile] cvirtue.livejournal.com 2003-12-09 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It was forwarded to me as

From a recent letter to the editor in Tennessee:

"The actions taken by the New Hampshire Episcopalians (INDUCTING A GAY
BISHOP) are an affront to Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that
the church's founder, Henry VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, and his
wife Anne Boleyn, and his wife Jane Seymour, and his wife Anne of Cleves,
and his wife Katherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr are no longer
here to suffer through this assault on traditional Christian marriages."

However, it's not at Snopes.com, nor can I find it in Google or web news searches via Excite.

Re: A source for Henry 8 quote

[identity profile] madbaker.livejournal.com 2003-12-10 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
The letter in S.F. was attributed to Fr. LARRY N. LORENZONI, S.D.B.
I read it in the dead-tree edition and pulled it from the Comical's website.