In every case where there is a portion of the congregation that wishes to remain Episcopalian, we will give them every possible support in the facilities that belong to the church and are under the ownership and stewardship of the diocese. The fighting broke out after the government decided to institute Sharia, the Islamic legal code. More than 75 percent of the state's population of 2.7 million are Christians whose leaders had previously warned the government that they would refuse to accept the Islamic legal system, because it would prevent teaching Christianity in public schools. Prevent Christians from building new churches and enable Muslims to force existing churches to relocate. Declare single mothers are prostitutes and prevent women from traveling in the same vehicles as their husbands.
Sharia enforces the cutting off of a hand for theft and death by stoning for adultery.
This characterizes the use of language by liberals in the culture wars. Now pro-lifers are terrorists, subject to imprisonment and those upholding Christian morality are labeled homophobic and subject to ridicule. The new alliance between Lutherans and Episcopalians isn't official until January, but a parish in Maine is already showing how crossover congregations can work. The Rev. David Snyder is the first Lutheran minister to take on an all-Episcopal congregation in New England. He's believed to be the first in the country since this summer's interdenominational accord, said the Rev. Ron Jackson, associate to the bishop of the New England synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American.