Kenya: Devil's Advocate?

Nairobi — Kenyans received news of the confirmation of Canon Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hamp-shire, USA with shock. But the Administrative Secretary of the Anglican Diocese of Maseno South, Rev Boniface Obondi, says the Episcopal Convention's decision could not be invalidated merely on the basis of what the Bible says on homosexuality.

He says there must be loopholes being exploited by the Church of England and, unless these are sealed, even the protests by the Kenyan Church may just be in vain. "I want to play the devil's advocate in order to stand a little aside from the noise and acrimony that has met the news," says Obondi.

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