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IN T ER N A TI O N A L
he worldwide Anglican Com m union— 70
million Christians in 164 nations— began
disintegrating Nov. 3, the day after the Episco­
pal Church, the U.S. branch of Anglicanism,
consecrated openly gay and openly noncelibate
G ene Robinson as the bishop of its New Hamp­
shire diocese.
N ational •Anglican churches in Kenya,
Uganda, Egypt and Nigeria either declared
themselves no longer in full union with the Dio­
cese of New Hampshire, no longer in full union
with the entire U.S. Episcopal C hurch or
unwilling to recognize Robinson’s bishopric.
“The devil has clearly entered the church," said
Archbishop Benjamin Nzimhi, head of the Angli­
can Church of Kenya. “GtxJ cannot he mocked.”
Archbishop Peter Akinola, head of the
Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), stat­
ed: “The overwhelming majority of the Primates
of the Global South cannot and will not recognize
the office or ministry of Canon Gene Robinson as
a bishop. We deplore the act of those bishops who
have taken part in the consecration, which has
now divided the church in violation of their oblig­
ation to guard the faith and unity of the church.”
About 17 million of the world’s 70 million
Anglicans live in Nigeria.
Bishop Mouneer Hanna Anis, head of the
Episcopal Church of Egypt and North Africa,
declared: “Those who participated in the conse­
cration of this gay bishop are considered among
the violators of the teachings of the Holy B<x)k,
and therefore they have become dissociated with
Jesus’ church. Homosexuality is a clear sin."
Southern Cone of America Anglican leader
Bishop Gregory Venables warned: “T he United
States have declared independence. I think the
chances of consensus are very slim.”
T
Members of Parliament from Poland’s ailing
parry have proposed legislation recognizing same-
sex partnerships, which the church opposes.
UNITE D K I N G D O M
he first woman appointed to Britain’s highest
axirt, a section of the Hcxise of Lords known
as the Law Lords, supports extending marriage
rights to same-sex couples.
“My present view is that there is a strong case
for intrcxlucing a legal commitment between
people who are unable to marry, principally gay
and lesbian partners,” Lady Hale told The hide-
pendent. T he 12 law lords are the court of final
appeal for the full U nited Kingdom on points of
law in civil cases and for England, Wales and
N orthern Ireland in criminal cases.
ritain’s BSkyR network has postponed a
reality series it taped in which six suitors
courted a woman they did not know was a pre­
op transsexual, the British Broadcasting Corp.
reported Oct. 31. The male contestants, claim­
ing they were “traumatized” and “devastated” by
the experience, threatened to sue to stop broad­
cast of the series, There's Something About Miriam,
which was taped several months ago on Ibiza.
T he men allege breach of contract, deceit,
personal injury and sexual assault. They kissed
and cuddled with Miriam during the taping.
“Six of them went onto this reality TV show
on the understanding they’d have to do various
tasks to win the affection of a very beautiful
woman," the contestants’ lawyer told Reuters.
“After they’d been encouraged to have sexual
contact, they found that she was a he. They all
found it extremely traumatic."
NEW ZEALAND
ew Zealand’s Advertising Standards C om ­
plaints Roard has dismissed complaints
against a billboard for Fagg’s coffee that called it
“the great straight coffee” and said it is “not as
Ponsonhy as the name suggests." Ponsonhy is
Auckland’s gay district.
The hoard said the billboard did not cause
serious or widespread offense. According to a
Fagg’s spokesman, the ad is not contrasting
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“straight" with “gay" hut rather “straight" with
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“pretentious.”
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“T h e tagline for Fagg’s, ‘the great straight
coffee,’ is simply th a t— we are a straight­
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forward, straight-up-and-dow n coffee— a cof­
Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp (right) believes
fee consum ers know they can trust for its qual­
homosexuality is “ incompatible with human
ity hut also for its simplicity and dow n-to-
nature.” At left is M onsignor Juliusz Paetz,
earth approach,” m arketing m anager James
who was outed in February 2002 and
Ford told G ayNZ.com . "T he Ponsonhy head­
resigned a month later for sexually harassing
line is also a reflection of the above logic. Pon­
seminarians and priests.
sonhy is well-known as being th e cafe capital
POLAND
of NZ hut is also know n for being sometimes a
ardinal Jozef Glemp, head of the Roman
hit pretentious. We are suggesting th at Fagg’s
Catholic church in Poland, is grossed exit by coffee is certainly of a quality th a t you would
gays, he said Oct. 21.
expect to get at a Ponsonhy cafe, yet you can
“It is something very depressing tor me, as it
enjoy it in a more relaxed setting— at hom e or
is something incompatible with human nature,” somewhere o th er th an Ponsonhy."
he told reporters. “I just can’t stand men kissing.
NZGay.com writer Chris Banks commented:
Maybe I’m old-fashioned."
"But Ponsonhy is well-known among people—
coffee drinkers
or n o t— to
have very gay
connotations.
Linking Pon­
sonhy with a
coffee called
Fagg’s,
and
then labeling
it a ‘straight’
c o f f e e ... a re
we expected
ACC
to believe this
is all
just
some strange
Fagg’s coffee claims this billboard refers to “pretentious” people, not queers
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