Frank Lombard's Chapel Hill Church Connection
he sins and alleged crimes of one gay parent say as much about the
motivations and beliefs of those who advocate legal adoptions by gays
and lesbians as, well, the sins and crimes of one anti-abortion
activist who shoots an abortionist say something valid about the
motivations and beliefs of people in the mainstream pro-life movement.
In other words — next to nothing. We are not going to be discussing
that issue here. Trust me.
So why, pray tell, do I mention this story at GetReligion?
As it turns out, Lombard was — until just a few days ago — a veteran member of the vestry at the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Chapel Hill, N.C., a progressive, activist congregation on gay issues that has been actively scrubbing most signs of his existence from its website [Note: the church appears to have restored Lombard's name to its website, now listing him as "inactive" on the vestry — RD] . For those not familiar with Episcopal polity, the vestry is the church's controlling board. Being on the vestry is similar to being on the parish council, in a Catholic or Orthodox context, or on the board of deacons, in a Baptist context.



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