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There was a time \u2013 I\u2019m almost old enough to remember it \u2013 when the pulpit of the Anglican church was used to preach on the salvation of souls; progress marches ever on, so now the message is the salvation of salmon.<\/p>\nThere was a time \u2013 I\u2019m almost old enough to remember it \u2013 when the pulpit of the Anglican church was used to preach on the salvation of souls; progress marches ever on, so now the message is the salvation of salmon.<\/p>\n
Rev. Logan McMenamie thinks the Northern Gateway pipeline is a bad idea because it doesn\u2019t respect the \u201cinterconnectedness of living things\u201d, the \u201csanctity of the earth\u201d – and it would disturb spawning salmon.<\/p>\n
I will make the bold assumption that the worthy Reverend has not taken to heart Henry David Thoreau\u2019s advice found in Walden<\/em>: he doesn\u2019t travel everywhere on foot. In which case he must fill his automobile with petroleum distillate – from Saudi Arabia, presumably, since he has no use for Canadian oil. Saudi Arabia, home of \u201cinterconnectedness of living things\u201d pipelines, not to mention oppression of women, homosexuals and anyone who doesn\u2019t like Islam \u2013 but then, who cares about them, they are people not salmon.<\/p>\n All of which makes Rev. Logan McMenamie, Dean of Columbia and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral \u2013 yes, you\u2019ve guessed it \u2013 a hypocrite.<\/p>\n From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n Churches take pipeline views into the pulpit<\/p>\n Rev. Logan McMenamie is speaking out against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, saying it doesn’t respect the interconnectedness of living things.<\/p>\n McMenamie, of Christ Church Cathedral on Burdett Avenue, is one of many religious leaders across Canada focusing on the pipeline – something McMenamie says concerns “the sanctity of the Earth.”<\/p>\n “What I preached on was my own perspective,” he said of his Sunday sermon, adding that he doesn’t speak on behalf of the Anglican Church of Canada. “I think [the sermon] resonated with many in the congregation.”<\/p>\n He’s not alone in bringing the debate to a religious forum. On Tuesday, the United Church of Canada decided to publicly oppose the project.<\/p>\n The pipeline proposed by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. would do severe environmental damage, traversing waterways where salmon spawn, said Ray Jones, the chair of the church’s aboriginal ministries council. And the potential for an oil spill in the port of Kitimat is very real, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was a time \u2013 I\u2019m almost old enough to remember it \u2013 when the pulpit of the Anglican church was used to preach on the salvation of souls; progress marches ever on, so now the message is the salvation … Continue reading