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Episcopal Church debate hits ParisJEFF PARISHStall WriterThe election of the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop has created shockwaves across thenation, with ripples that have reached Paris.“As a more moderate per-son in the middle* of this, I find confusion,” Jim Bell said. “I love my church, I love my faith veiy much, and I don’t like to see this.”Bell serves as senior warden for Holy Cross Episcopal Church, acting as a liaison between the rector and members of his congregation. '•The Rev. V. Gene RobinsoniI\ • •is scheduled to be consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire on Nov. 2. The idea of an openly gay bishop caused the Diocese of Dallas to withhold the $512,161 it had planned to send to the national church.There were conservatives and liberals in the debate when the Dallas diocese met in Texarkana last week, Bell said. The fundamentalist^/ were more vocal, he said, bcit most were more moderate.Fundamentalists’ arguments center on strict biblical prohibitions against homosexuality, while liberals say itDEBATE,Page13A
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