�We Are Family!�

The Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky had an interesting convention.

Apparently, according to Bishop Stacy Sauls, biblical authority and doctrine isn’t all that important, it’s just “opinion.� And “Family matters more than opinion.�

And +Saul isn’t just a lovable revisionist on doctrine. He revises history, too. According to him, Cramner and the English reformers really weren’t all that concerned about trivialities like doctrine or theology. No, it was all about lllluuvvv! They were singing “We Are Family� long before the 70’s.

In fact, +Sauls’ convention theme was “We are family.� I sure hope he invited Sister Sledge to sing during the Eucharist.

But, of course, there were some unloving killjoys. After a mean, narrow-minded resolution defining marriage as being “between one man and one woman� was defeated, delegates from Church of the Nativity, Maysville, walked out. What’s with them? Marriage being between one man and one woman is just an “opinion.� (Psst, good for you, Church of the Nativity.)

And then at the closing Eucharist, delegates from the Church of the Apostles, Lexington, led by their rector, the Rev. Martin Gornik, refused to put aside trivial things like beliefs and join the revisionist lovefest. They declined to take communion. (Good for you, too!)

But the rest of the convention inbred with apostasy more than, um, Kentuckians! After all, “We Are Family!�