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...most spectacular expression of Akinola's position was his transoceanic embrace in December of 15 Episcopal congregations in Virginia that, put off by the 2003 ordination of V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay bishop, became parishes of his thriving African archdiocese 5,400 miles away. It effectively constitutes a competing Anglican body on U.S. turf. He may make global news when all 38 Anglican primates meet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Feb. 14 to continue an anguished homosexuality debate that--unlike in the States, where only a minority are expected to leave the denomination--could split the world body...
Some observers argue that, like many conservatives in the church, Akinola is motivated less by a desire for schism (or even any distaste for homosexuality per se) than by a sorrowful conviction that Robinson's ordination in the U.S., along with support in other provinces for gay unions, is the last straw in a series of offenses indicating a massive Western disregard for the authority of the Bible. They say he is not so much trying to blow up the communion as force it, by negotiation and a certain degree of brinkmanship, to rein itself...
...years ago, during Arenas' second season. As the Washington Post first reported, while Arenas was warming up for his former club, the Golden State Warriors, a woman shouted at him from the stands in Miami. "Gilbert! I'm your mom!" she declared. Arenas froze. After the game, Mary Francis Robinson gave him her phone number. He still hasn't called. "I used to look in the mirror, and all I wanted from God was to one day meet her," Arenas says. "He gave me that wish. That...
...Unsettling precisely because it is more atmospheric than graphic, more romantic than journalistic, Zoo examines the culture of zoophiles, people with an erotic attraction to animals. Seattle filmmaker Robinson Devor tells the true story of "Mr. Hands," a 45-year-old man who died shortly after being anonymously dropped at an emergency room in rural Washington in 2005. Police investigating the case followed clues to a nearby horse farm, where they found buckets of videos of the man and others having sex with Arabian stallions. Mr. Hands' cause of death was a perforated colon. Because bestiality wasn't illegal...
...jancisrobinson.com Britain's Jancis Robinson has been called the Julia Child of wine. An internationally renowned wine writer and TV-show host, she is also a member of the Royal Household Wine Committee, which chooses the wines that the Queen serves her guests. Robinson's advice is impeccable, her wit dry and her take on wine refreshingly non-American. Recommending the Montes Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2005 Casablanca Valley from Chile, she describes it as "quintessentially an aperitif, but if you were to drink it with a well-dressed salad, it would not rise up and bite...