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1a) http://www.anglicanmissioninamerica.org/ January 26, 2005 Anglican Mission Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Singapore Consecrations
Congregations of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) will be observing a special anniversary this Sunday-the five year anniversary of the consecration of their two founding leaders as missionary bishops to the United States. On January 29th, 2000 the Rev. Charles Murphy, a parish priest in South Carolina and the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, former Dean of the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, were called to St. Andrew's Cathedral in Singapore to be consecrated. Two Primates of the Anglican Church, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda and the Most Rev. Dr. Moses Tay of SE Asia, took the action along with other leaders following years of decline and crisis in the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), and the renewing efforts of two groups in the United States, the First Promise Roundtable and the Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission.
Six months later the Anglican Mission in America was officially launched as a missionary movement based in the Anglican Church of Rwanda, and the following summer four more bishops were consecrated for the fledgling work. The Anglican Mission now numbers over 70 churches, more than half planted as totally new congregations in the last several years.
Rather than a refuge for embattled Episcopalians the Anglican Mission has set its sights on the 130 million un-churched in this country, according to Bishop John Rodgers. "The AMIA is not primarily a city of refuge where we can be safe from the heavy hand of unorthodox leaders and colleagues, but rather an orthodox people committed to mission, that is, to discipling one another and to reaching the un-churched with the Gospel. Both of these actions involve hard work and dedication."
Although there exists precedent in Anglican history, the Singapore action was not universally embraced. However, as the Episcopal Church has continued its departure from most of the rest of the Anglican Communion worldwide in terms of theology and practice, other global leaders are following a similar strategy. A number of Anglican Provinces are now providing protection and oversight to congregations in the United States that have sought help from the "Global South", the areas of the church, such as Africa, Asia and S. America, experiencing the most growth and expressing a commitment to historic, biblical identity.
"One aspect of the work of the AMiA during these last five years has clearly been 'prophetic' in nature. We've had to see it, say it, and seize it before most were willing to fully acknowledge the depth of the problem facing both the ECUSA and the Anglican Communion," reflected Bishop Chuck Murphy, who serves as the Chairman of the Anglican Mission's Council of Bishops and National Leadership Council. . "Time has a way of allowing us to gain a clarity that we may not, at first, initially enjoy. It has been my observation that every time God's people feel led and prodded to boldly step out in faith and in action, God will, in time, bring either His 'correction' or His 'confirmation' to the action taken. I believe that God has now brought his 'confirmation' to the work and the witness of the Anglican Mission."
Celebration Sunday will feature highlights from the recently completed annual Winter Conference, a challenge to continue in Mission, and the sharing of an Anglican Mission video.
1b) http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/declaration-faith.htm A Declaration of Unity in Support of Petitions to Preserve the Anglican Faith in the United States of America December 11, 1998 (over 6 years ago) Pawleys Island, South Carolina, USA We. the undersigned, serve as members of the First Promise Round Table, a coalition of orthodox Anglicans called into being by the chairman of the First Promise, the Rev. Charles Murphy. We are a broad coalition of orthodox Christian leaders in ECUSA. We represent ministries, theological positions, and churchmanship across the spectrum of orthodox Christianity within the Anglican Communion. Among us are clergy, lay leaders, seminary professors, theologians. and the heads of most of the national parachurch ministries which are committed to Biblical authority. We include charismatics, evangelicals, Anglo-catholics, and broad church members. Some support the ordination of women, others do not. Amid this diversity is complete solidarity around the essentials of the Faith. We are completely united in our submission to the sovereign authority of Holy Scripture, loyalty to Anglican tradition and formularies, and subscription to the historic Creeds. the traditional Faith of the Prayer Book, the Thirty-nine Articles, the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral and the resolutions of the 1998 Lambeth Conference. We also endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement, the Dallas Statement and the pre-Lambeth resolutions of the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. We believe that the historic, orthodox Anglican faith, as practiced under the sovereign authority of Holy Scripture and according to its traditions and formularies, is a right and powerful means given by God to witness for Christ and bring people to his saving grace. We are working together to express the unity in the Faith which we share and for a common goal of faithfulness to true Anglican, biblical orthodoxy in the Episcopal Church, or if necessary, in a continuing, alternative province in the Anglican Communion. We are proud to be Anglicans in the mainstream of the Communion. but we find ourselves increasingly marginalized and theologically offended in ECUSA. Some in revisionist (unorthodox) dioceses are under attack from revisionist bishops and under threat of presentment and trial. We have read with thanksgiving the following petitions dated December 1998, made by the Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission: PETITION TO THE PRIMATES' MEETING AND THE PRIMATES OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION FOR EMERGENCY INTERVENTION IN THE PROVINCE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PETITION TO ORTHODOX BISHOPS OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION FOR PROTECTION OF ORTHODOX ANGLICANS IN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS REFORMED OR REPLACED AS A PROVINCE OF THE COMMUNION.
Each of us personally agrees with and supports the petitions and seeks the relief requested therein. By direct and personal observation of many of the events recorded in the petitions, we can vouch for their accuracy. The petitions convey the depth of the emergency which exists in ECUSA and the need for action to correct the errors which have assaulted the Church. We believe that the petitions express the concerns and desires of the vast majority of orthodox Anglicans in America. We consider ourselves to be among the orthodox believers upon whose behalf the petitions are made. We will be taking the petitions to our respective Boards and urging that they also support them. All of us together join in the prayer that the Primates' Meeting and all Archbishops and orthodox Bishops of the Anglican Communion will be led to respond favorably, wisely and quickly to these petitions. Charles H. Murphy III, First Promise Alex D. Dickson Jr., First Promise, NAMS Thomas W. "T.J." Johnston, St. Andrew's Church, Little Rock, Ark. Judith Marie Gentle-Hardy, Church of the Holy Trinity, Malborough, Mass. Michael E. Hesse, St. Andrew's By the Sea, Destin, Fla. Alexander M. Greene, Chairman of the Board, Episcopalians United William A. Bugg Jr., St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Ga. James W. Cubine, St. Andrew's, Collierville, Tenn. L. Noland Pipes Jr., St. John's Church, Memphis, Tenn. C. FitzSimons Allison, Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina, Retired Walter E. Bruce, President, Episcopal Synod of America David W. Rawson, Chancellor, Episcopal Synod of America Terrell L. Glenn Jr., St. Andrew's, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Thaddeus R. Barnum, Chair, Mustard Seed Project Sam Pascoe, Grace Church (Episcopal), Orange Park, Fla. Jack Field, All Saints Church, Pawleys Island, SC Jon C. Shuler, General Secretary, The North American Missionary Society Tony Tripi, Tri-City Fellowship, Stafford, Texas M. Dow Sanderson, Church of the Redeemer, Orangeburg, S.C. Richard Kim, CCLEC Emily F. Bailey, All Saints, Waccamaw, Pawleys Island Jeffrey N. Steenson, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Ft. Worth, Texas William Beasley, AACOM, Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission Anne Beasley, AACOM, Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission
*Note from Ed+: First Promise & the AACOM were the predecessors of AMiA
1c) http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/petition-primates.htm December 1998 Petition to the Primates' Meeting and the Primates of the Anglican Communion for Emergency Intervention in the Province of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America
1d) From: orthodox Anglican Forum, INTERNET: ORTHODOXANGLICAN@EPISCOPALIAN.ORG Date: 4/13/1999 17:44 (Almost 6 years ago) From The Washington Times, Washington, DC, USA,
Anglican bishops to oppose gay unions By Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A group of conservative Anglican bishops meeting today in Singapore are expected to announce a plan to clamp down on American Episcopal dioceses that approve homosexual ordinations and homosexual "marriages."
The Episcopal Church in the United States is one province of the 63-million-member Anglican Communion. After a majority of the world's 800 Anglican bishops condemned homosexual practices last summer at the Lambeth Conference, held once a decade, several liberal Episcopal dioceses announced plans to defy the Lambeth vote.
Conservative U.S. Episcopalians have been on a slow boil since then, according to the Rev. Chuck Murphy, leader of First Promise, a group of 700 Episcopal laity and clergy. In January, First Promise helped sponsor a mailing to all 800 Anglican bishops, asking them to intervene in the affairs of the American church.
The group also threatened to form a new Episcopal province in the United States. On Feb. 1, 36 members of First Promise meeting in Atlanta selected a potential bishop, the Rev. John Rodgers of Ambridge, Pa. This week, First Promise flew about a dozen conservative Anglican bishops to Singapore for a three-day summit, which ends Thursday.
"What will be called for is a much more substantial thing than just consecrating John Rodgers," Mr. Murphy said. "We need a broader coalition of [Anglican archbishops] and leaders."
He already has that backing, according to a Feb. 24 letter sent to the Rt. Rev. Frank Griswold, the presiding bishop of the American church. The letter, signed by eight Anglican primates from Africa, Jerusalem, Australia, Singapore and Latin America, expressed displeasure with the situation in the American church.
"We know too that there are leaders within your own province who do not wish to follow, and in the past have even broken, the teachings reaffirmed at Lambeth," the eight primates wrote. "We therefore ask you, dear brother, to examine the directions apparently proposed by some in your province and take whatever steps may be necessary to uphold the moral teaching and Christian faith the Anglican Communion has received."
Mr. Griswold replied with an invitation to the archbishops to visit U.S. dioceses and "listen to the experience of homosexual persons."
1e) From: INTERNET:DVirtue236@aol.com, INTERNET:DVirtue236@aol.com TO: Orthodox Anglican Forum, INTERNET:ORTHODOXANGLICAN@EPISCOPALIAN.ORG DATE: 15/04/99 13:15 LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PROMISE ROUND TABLE
15 April 1999 (almost 6 years ago)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We greet you joyfully in the name of our risen Lord!
It has been our privilege to spend these days with your representatives here in Singapore. We have worshiped and prayed together, listened carefully to their presentations, and wrestled with the urgent and vital matters that they have raised. Some of us who come here had our journey paid through your great generosity and we thank you for that.
Let us tell you straight away that we hear your cry, and are committed to action which in God's time will help in the reformation of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America and restore its biblical witness throughout your nation. We have studied your particular proposal for intervention and with other relevant questions want this to be considered more widely by the Primates in the Anglican Communion. We are aware of the seriousness of the circumstances that prompted this request and we assure you of our commitment to pursue this matter to a satisfactory conclusion. We are also concerned that vulnerable parishes in ECUSA should receive the episcopal visitation they need.
As a step towards these goals we are writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and the Primates of the Anglican Communion. You will understand that we cannot give you the text of the letters ahead of their delivery. We can though assure you of the following:
1. The international Communion is becoming more alert to the urgency of the situation you face. We will do all we can to ensure that our fellow primates are sufficiently informed.
2. We will be asking for compliance with the Lambeth Resolution on Sexuality and the resolution requiring respect for bishops unwilling to ordain or license women. We will request that these matters be included on the agenda of the Joint Standing Committee of the ACC and Primates in September 1999 and in the Primates' Meeting in March 2000.
3. We are planning a further meeting of concerned Archbishops to take place in November to monitor progress. We will invite a small group to represent you and to be a resource for us.
4. Practical steps will be taken to strengthen pastoral support for parishes that have this need.
Finally we ask you to pray for us as we continue to address these difficult matters. We cannot take short cuts, but neither will we allow official procedures to postpone indefinitely necessary action. May we have wisdom and grace, and may you be encouraged and given strength to persevere.
Yours in Christ,
The Most Rev Maurice Sinclair, Primate of Southern Cone The Most Rev Emmanuel Kolini, Primate of Rwanda The Most Rev Moses Tay, Primate of South East Asia The Most Rev Harry Goodhew, Archbishop of New South Wales, Australia The Most Rev Jonathan Onyemelukwe Archbishop of Nigeria (Province II) and representing Primate of Nigeria The Rt. Rev Evans Kisekka, Representing Primate of Uganda
1f) http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/letter-primatestogriswold.htm An Open Letter From Primates of the Anglican Communion to the Most Reverend Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of E.C.U.S.A Feb 24th 1999 (Almost 6 years ago) Dear Brother in Christ, We write as Primates and Archbishops of the Anglican Communion in the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Reformed Church, having assembled last year for the Lambeth Conference at Canterbury(...)
It is therefore with sorrow and disappointment that we have heard from different parts of our Communion statements at variance with what was resolved at Lambeth. Some even appear to repudiate resolutions before they are fully published. We realise that this situation has affected you deeply. We know too that there are leaders within your own Province who do not wish to follow, and in the past have even broken, the teachings reaffirmed at Lambeth. We think of the resolution disavowing any action against bishops who in conscience cannot ordain women to Holy Orders. We think with particular concern of Resolution I.10 stating that, "*this Conference, in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and believes that abstinence is right for those not called to marriage,*" and that our Communion "*cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining of those involved.*" (...) Our particular responsibilities oblige us to say that the continuance of action at variance with the Lambeth resolutions, within your own or any other province, would be a grievous wrong and a matter over which we could not be indifferent. We therefore ask you, dear brother, to examine the directions apparently proposed by some in your Province and take whatever steps may be necessary to uphold the moral teaching and Christian faith the Anglican Communion has received(...) David M. Gitari, Archbishop of Kenya Richard H. Goodhew, Archbishop of Sydney Emmanuel M. Kolini, Archbishop of Rwanda Ghais A. Malik, President Bishop, Jerusalem and the Middle East Donald L. Mtetemela, Archbishop of Tanzania Maurice W. Sinclair Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone of America Moses Tay, Archbishop of South East Asia Colin F. Bazley, Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone 1989-95
1g) http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/letter-primatestogriswold.htm#response The Presiding Bishop (Frank Griswold's) response March 10, 1999 (Almost 6 years ago) My dear brothers: (...)The bonds of communion which we enjoy with other provinces are precious to us, and the mutual sharing of the gifts between us is both a privilege and a blessing. We write to emphasize to you that within the Episcopal Church USA, as in other provinces of our Communion, there exist divergent opinions on the question of homosexuality(...) We therefore find ourselves in a process of discernment and "testing the spirits"(...)Therefore, in answer to your concerns, and in the interest of fostering conversation and "moral discourse" and an even greater relationship of affection and understanding, we invite each of you to visit those parts of our church which cause you concern so that you may inquire and learn directly what has animated certain responses to the above mentioned resolutions. Such visits will afford you the opportunity not only to query some of our bishops and representatives of their dioceses but also to listen to the experience of homosexual persons, which is mandated by the Lambeth resolution on human sexuality(...) Yours ever in Christ, Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate(...)
1h) http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/letter-kampala_nov1999.htm A Letter to the Participants and Invited observers attending the Group of Primates meeting held in Kampala from 16th to 18th November 1999 (over 5 years ago)
As we come to the end of this consultation together, we thank God for our fellowship with you in our Lord Jesus Christ. We deeply respect your devotion to Christian truth and commitment to mission and service. We also hear and understand what you have told us about examples of abandonment of Anglican teaching, discipline and practices in the provinces from which you come. We share your distress on account of the damage and harmful results of these increasingly serious developments.
We declare our solidarity with you first of all in prayer. Together we have seen that God's Church is healed only through God's grace, mercy and power. We assure you, too, that among us are those ready to respond to specific and urgent situations which may arise in the months before the Primates' Meeting in Portugal from 23rd to 28th March (2000). Parishes and clergy under threat because of their loyalty to the Gospel and to Anglican standards must be supported and we will play our part in such support.
At the forthcoming Primates' Meeting we will inform our colleagues of the intolerable situation that you and others like you are facing. We will carefully document and commend a proposal to this meeting which, we believe, will address the problems in our Communion caused by misuse of autonomy and innovations exceeding the limits of our Anglican diversity. In this we will be acting upon Resolution III6(B) Lambeth '98.
We will be seeking agreement on and the progressive implementation of effective measures to ensure a return to historic standard for ordination, moral and marriage disciplines where in our communion these have been notoriously breached. Our endeavor here accords with Lambeth Resolution I.10.
We are aware that until orthodox Episcopal oversight is restored in all dioceses there will be serious restriction upon mission and acute difficulties in pastoral care. As a clear goal we aim for such resolution. For its realization we will take all the measures available consistent with our obedience to Christ, submission to the authority of Scripture and according to our ordination vows. We seek to share your pain but cannot promise to eliminate it.
We have greatly valued this second consultation. Our representatives have formally visited ECUSA. We see no immediate need for setting up a third consultation on this scale. Be assured of our sharp awareness of this discord that directly affects our churches as well as yours and our determination to find and follow Christ's way ahead.
Brothers and sisters pray for us as we do for you.
Yours in Christ,
The Most Rev E. M. Kolini, Rwanda The Most Rev Dr Livingstone Mpalanyi-Nkoyoyo, Uganda The Most Rev Patrice Byankya Njojo, DR Congo The Most Rev Samuel Ndayisenga, Burundi The Most Rev Moses Tay, S. E. Asia The Most Rev Donald Mtetemela, Tanzania The Rt Rev Massassel B. Dawidi, representing the Sudan The Rt Rev Peter Njenga, representing The Most Rev David Gitari of Kenya The Most Rev Maurice Sinclair, Southern Cone of America
1i) http://www.episcopalian.org/cclec/press-newbishops.htm New Bishops from Africa and Asia Consecrated and Sent to the United States
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, January 29, 2000 (Five years ago)
An international group of Anglican Archbishops and Bishops today consecrated the Rev. Charles H. Murphy III and the Very Rev. Dr. John H. Rodgers Jr., as Bishops who will be released to minister in the United States of America. "The releasing of bishops into another province is an action not without precedence in the Anglican Communion," said Bishop C. FitzSimons Allison, former bishop of South Carolina.
Murphy, the rector of one of the fastest growing Episcopal Churches in the U.S., and Rodgers, Dean Emeritus of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, have agreed to step forward at this moment of crisis, in an initiative aimed at reversing a 30-year decline of 30 percent in the membership of the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. "This crisis of decline is a crisis of the Christian Faith that has left the Episcopal Church divided," said Rodgers. "Our calling is to minister to those congregations who believe that the authority of Scripture and the historic Creeds are central to our Faith, conduct, and unity as Anglicans," said Murphy.
The two Bishops will provide pastoral support, guidance, and oversight at the request of clergy and congregations that want to continue in the doctrine, discipline and worship of Christ as the Anglican Church has received them. They will actively seek to plant Anglican missions in areas where there are receptive communities and little faithful witness in the Episcopal Church. "We are committed to lead the Church not leave it," said Murphy.
The Archbishops and Bishops agree that this is a Gospel issue, not a political issue. It is an action to re-establish the unity that has been violated by the unrebuked ridicule and denial of basic Christian teaching. They are convinced it is time to give the faithful in the US a place to remain Anglican.
This bold initiative is intended to help Archbishops from around the world take seriously the need for the reform and renewal of the Episcopal Church at their meeting next month in Lisbon, Portugal.
The sending of these bishops back to the United States is offered as an interim step in an ongoing effort to lead the Episcopal Church back to its biblical foundations. The consecrators were The Most Reverend Emmanuel Kolini, Archbishop of the Province of Rwanda; The Most Reverend Moses Tay, Archbishop of the Province of South East Asia; The Right Reverend John Ruchyahana, the Diocese of Shyira in Rwanda. They were assisted by The Right Reverend C. FitzSimons Allison, the thirteenth Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, Episcopal Church, USA; The Right Reverend Alex D. Dickson, the first Bishop of the Diocese of West Tennessee, Episcopal Church, USA; and The Right Reverend David Pytches, the former Bishop of Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
For further information contact: The Rt. Rev. Charles Murphy, First Promise, 843-237-0318, The Rt. Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission, 847-486-9711
1j) From Bishop Michael Ingham #580 - 401 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC, V6B 5Al Fax: 604-684-7017 Phone: 604-6846306
To: All Diocesan Clergy Members of Diocesan Council Date: February 17, 2000 Subject: Singapore Consecrations
Dear Friends in Christ:
(...)They are not, therefore, to be recognized as bishops in our church(...)Political platforms, clandestine ordinations, and party organization have been more destructive than constructive to the Body of Christ in our struggle with legitimate questions.
(...)it is especially important that we strenuously avoid the temptation to politicise the process in any way or to act without authority.
I ask that you re-double your efforts to invite all parishioners to participate in the local dialogue, and use your office to encourage every voice to be heard(...)I hear rumours of conversations by some in the diocese about 'alternative episcopal oversight' and I want to discourage any such hopes in that direction(...) Kindest regards, signed "+Michael" The Right Reverend Michael Ingham Bishop
1k) http://www.anglicanjournal.com/126/03/world01.html Consecrations spark outrage Primate decries 'open assault' MARIANNE MEED WARD, Anglican Journal, March 2000 (...)Primate Michael Peers called the consecrations "an open and premeditated assault on Anglican tradition, catholic order and Christian charity." In a statement released Feb. 4, he said "Bishops are not intercontinental ballistic missiles, manufactured on one continent and fired into another as an act of aggression."(...) "It is an act of schism which strikes at the very heart of our unity as Christians," said Michael Ingham, bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster(...)
il) http://www.theinterim.com/2000/mar/moore.html March 2000, Charles Moore, Maritime Reflections, The Interim Magazine (...)"Is it any wonder 'irregular' consecrations are occurring as a sign of the desperation of orthodox and evangelical bishops in the U.S. to salvage something from the moral and theological cesspool that is [the Episcopal Church]?" asks David Virtue(...)
2a) BALANCED REPORTING : Montgomery Pastor Leaves Church Suddenly (includes worthwhile video-link-- click on the red camera icon)... (wsfa.com) http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2857232&nav=0RdEVbVK
2b) http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1981 Posted by rturner on 2005/1/26 13:02:05 Members of Montgomery Episcopal Church to form New Anglican Congregation
2c) http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2857232&nav=0RdEVbVK Episcopal Church Splits, Jan 27th 2005 (...) And, when he leaves, most of the congregation is going with him. He'll start his own church which will be a part of a worldwide Anglican denomination based in Rwanda. This has created a lot of tears with members like Doug Cairnes who are leaving with him. "Thinking about the Saints in Africa who are taking us in."(...)
*(Note: Bishop TJ Johnston has licensed the Rev. Doug McCurry in the Province of Rwanda, and provided oversight for 90 days to enable to the new congregation to complete the affiliation process in the Anglican Mission.)
3) http://www3.telus.net/gerry_hunter/Letters/The%20Futility%20of%20Denial.htm Letters From Behind the Lines The Futility of Denial by Gerry Hunter
4a) http://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/tfn/2005/012605.html January 26, 2005 MPS FEEL THE HEAT OVER GAY MARRIAGE
A great resource on ways to help support the traditional family in Canada
4c) http://www.liquidlewis.com/barb/archive/20050126brokenwindows.htm THE BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY OF MARRIAGE Barbara Kay, National Post Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Eighteen months ago I wanted to write a column about the creeping respectability of polygamy, but my then-editor considered the topic too far-out. And lo, look what is making headlines today(...)
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