It’s a big day for Catholic Bshop Anthony Priddis. The British Bible-lover won the decidedly disgraceful “Bigot Of The Year” award at last night’s Stonewall Awards:
In a night of mixed awards, the Rt Rev Anthony Priddis, the 104th Bishop of Hereford, was named bigot of the year by Stonewall. An employment tribunal in Cardiff in April heard how youth worker John Reaney, 42, was left feeling humiliated after a two-hour interview during which the bishop grilled him about a previous gay relationship. The tribunal decided Mr Reaney had been a victim of unfair dismissal and awarded damages against the Church of England.
The awards weren’t simply about blasting Priddis’ nasty past, of course. The British Stonewall foundation honored politicos Alan Johnson and Angela Eagle. Meanwhile, the “Hero of the Year” award went to Antony Grey for his work against the nation’s since discarded anti-gay laws.
Congratulations to all! Except you, Priddis, you prick.
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
I am afraid that he doesn’t belong to the Romans, but to the Anglicans. In Wales, the Presbyterians are in majority, and Anglicanism is evangelical and more biblically literal than contextual.
+Tony is one whose wanton ignorance is only matched by his arrogance in believing that he holds the moral high ground exclusively on this issue. Note that the Archbishop of Canterbury is also Welsh and was once a liberal and now, a centrist and accomodationist to the theocons. He was named by Bliar, the Clinton clone, and Bush poodle, so what does one expect?
The Anglican Communion, unlike Roman Catholicism, is a voluntary association with an honourific head, as we say, primus inter pares, or first among EQUALS. I, for one, will be “saddened” by the loss of their communion, but all those pricks can associate with each other without us.
KJ
Dr. Res is quite correct. The Catholic church has enough problems on GLBT issues without giving them Priddis. Priddis is a bishop in the Church of England, the “mother” church of the Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a part. Anglicans churches are all over the map on “the topic”, as represented by individuals as diverse as silly Priddis and heroic Desmond Tutu.
Andy
Now if Queerty had written “It’s a big day for catholic B[i]shop Anthony Priddis..” that would have been correct!
Using a lower-case “c”, the word means universal in reach or worldwide. The other dictionary definition of “catholic” would certainly NOT apply to the Bishop of Hereford … “broadminded, liberal, comprehensive”!
But using a capital “C”, the word means, these days in modern usage, the Church of Rome. But the Queerty editor could well defend using “Catholic” under its older – and correct – meaning associated with all Christians universally.
The English language is a mine-field!
Better get out of here before I get into a “religion rant” on the Christian Taliban of the USA who when condemming gays quote from the King James Version (known as the “authorised” version in UK) of the Bible, not, of course knowing that said King James of both England and Scotland was gay! Don’t tell Dobson that or he’ll choke on his mouthful of crab/lobster salad (Rt. Rev. Dr. RES will no doubt know what I mean!)
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
Yes, Andy and KJ, I quite agree. Andy, when it comes to the Holiness Code, and a prostitutional interpretation of Pauline texts, the man is contextual…but he has so many Roman and Reformation “colleagues” who sing in the same choir separately.
I rather love lobster salad, but this Canadian from the Maritimes would love it “naturally” if anyone ever uses that word in context of this old bishop, eh?