Such hatred....

The consecration of a gay man as an Anglican bishop in New Hampshire has evoked fury from members of a religion allegedly based on love of one's fellow human beings.

The rage seems particularly extreme in Africa where any support has been greeted with fanatical condemnation.

...But such remarks drew condemnation from conservative church leaders, who said there was no room for compromise on an issue like homosexuality. A leader of the African Christian Democratic Party in South Africa, Louis Green, said Mr. Ndungane and others who support the gay bishop are in need of "spiritual guidance and biblical insight."

"Although God loves everyone, he does not condone sinful behavior," Mr. Green told the South African Press Association. "The Bible equates homosexuality with perversity and as Christians we cannot interpret God's word to suit modern lifestyles."

On the wider question of whether gays ought to be allowed to marry or enter the priesthood, Nigeria's Anglicans have been unequivocal in their opposition.

"We totally reject and renounce this obnoxious attitude and behavior," the church said in a statement issued last month.

"It is devilish and satanic. It comes directly from the pit of hell. It is an idea sponsored by Satan himself and being executed by his followers and adherents who have infiltrated the church."

You've got to wonder when people feel so vehmently about an issue that, presumably, doesn't personally affect them.

Or does it?

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