{"id":28043,"date":"2020-03-12T13:44:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=28043"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T17:44:18","slug":"repelling-covid-19-the-anglican-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/repelling-covid-19-the-anglican-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Repelling COVID-19 the Anglican way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anglican Primate Linda Nicholls has the following admonition<\/a> to those of her flock worried about the prospect of contracting the COVID-19 virus: whatever you do, don\u2019t call it the Wuhan virus. That would be racist, the only sin left in the Anglican Church of Canada.<\/p>\n

We urge our member churches to reflect a compassionate, peace-seeking response to COVID-19 by:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026.. <\/strong>Actively repudiating<\/strong> the racism and xenophobia that has shaped certain reactions to COVID-19;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, wash your hands and watch you mouth.<\/p>\n

Even worse, if you really slip up and call it the Chinese virus, your bigotry will probably invite heavenly retribution; just writing that had me sneezing faster than I could say \u201cxenophobia\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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