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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Sydney Anglicans More huffing and puffing from Muriel Porter in yesterday's Age "Queen tests Sydney's Anglican boys' club". But close observers of the increasingly narrow ideology of Sydney Anglicanism will note some interesting ironies in the dynamics of the royal occasion. For despite all the pomp and ceremony, there can be no escaping that this sovereign, who is also "Supreme Governor of the Church of England", is a woman. And in Sydney Diocese, women are "equal but different". The Queen, it might be argued, is more equal than other women and certainly rather different in terms of her high status and unique authority. But biologically, a mere woman she remains. As such, in the terms of the teaching of Sydney Diocese, she must submit to the "headship" (leadership) of men both in the church and in her marriage. And predictably, in today's Age there are some letters in response: Nor is she Jesus MURIEL Porter's "gotcha Sydney" article tells us more about her own obsessions than those of Sydney's Anglicans. Christians have always held that duly appointed civil leaders must be honoured no matter how they measure up according to Biblical standards and no matter how unsuitable they would be for Christian leadership. The Queen's gender is completely irrelevant. A far more significant question would have been whether the Sydney diocese is receiving her as Head of State or Head of the Church. I suspect those sneaky fundamentalists might reserve the latter role for Jesus. Andrew Moody, Blackburn South Nice try, Muriel MURIEL Porter calls submission of a wife to her husband a "very dangerous" and "ungodly" doctrine. How can something God has instituted in the Bible be "ungodly"? By definition it must be "godly", because God has ordained it. Nice try Muriel, but once again your fascinating leaps in logic make your argument invalid. Zac Veron, Carlton, NSW # posted by geoff @ 4:41 pm 0 comments
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