Heads and tales: You gotta believe
By Wade KwonIt’s time to play “Gay, Asian or Terrorist.”
Bishop or pawn: An assistant bishop from Birmingham has been elected bishop of San Francisco. But it’s not the Rt. Rev. Mark Andrus who’s making news so much as his competitors for the job within the Episcopal Church. Of the other six contenders, three were gay. Andrus said he would continue to support gay rights in his new position. Since Donald Trump is having so many ratings woes these days, may we suggest “The Apprentice: Divine Challenge” with the Pink Corporation against the Black Corporation?
• Episcopal Church sidesteps crisis over gay bishop [Religion News Service]
S(e)oul searching: A new Catholic church is open for business in Hoover. But don’t expect to hear your favorite liturgy in English, or even in Latin. It’s all Korean. Said one member, “We are a very small community. It’s very unusual for us to have our own building. People are proud of us.” Several other Korean churches meet in Birmingham, though only one other has its own building. Next up: Korean Jehovah’s Witnesses.
• Prayer in a place of their own [Birmingham News]
Muslim momentum: Also in Hoover, the Birmingham Islamic Society has the OK to turn a church into a mosque/family life center. But before the approval, the council discussion over routine permits and planning turned into a dire warning about Those People. Resident Loyd Brannon said, “We’re allowing an organization with a worldwide terrorist reputation to establish a beachhead in this community.” Don’t send those Guardsmen to the Mexican border — send them to Greystone, on the double.
• Plan to turn church into mosque OK’d [Birmingham News]
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