Various Links RE: Constitutionality of Va. Code § 57-9(A)
- Judge Bellows' Ruling: Letter Opinion on the Constitutionality of Va. Code § 57-9(A)
- Judge Bellows' Ruling: Letter Opinion on the Court's Five Questions
- Anglican District of Virginia: Anglican Churches Win on Constitutional Grounds
- The Falls Church: Judge Bellows' Latest Decision
- Episcopal Diocese of Virginia: Court Issues Opinion on Division Statute Constitutionality and Other Statutory Issues
- Episcopal Church HQ: Virginia court rules application of 'Division Statute' is constitutional
- Christianity Today: Virginia judge sides with breakaway Episcopal churches
- Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch/Associated Press: Breakaway Episcopal churches win round
- Los Angeles Times/Associated Press: Virginia Judge Lets Episcopal Congregations Secede
- New York Times/Associated Press: Legal Victory for Breakaway Churches
- Washington Post Article: Episcopal Church Loses in Court
- Washington Times Article: Va. judge: church secession law is constitutional
- Washington Times Article: Virginia Judge Affirms Parish Property Rights
- WTOP/Fairfax County Times: Fairfax Judge Rules in Episcopal Property Dispute
- News Daily/Reuters: U.S. Episcopal Church Dissidents Win Court Ruling
- Time Magazine/CNN: An Anglican Schism: Heading for US?
Quote of the day (from the Washington Post, June 28, 2008) from someone who was apparently not happy with Judge Bellows' ruling:
"This is much bigger than the property," said Robin Fetsch, a member of the Falls Church for 27 years and now part of the group meeting in the Presbyterian space. "It's about who is true to the Episcopal faith, and the people I worship with now really are the ones. Those who believe in the grace of Jesus, but also that homosexuality is not a brokenness, not an illness."
"The Episcopal Faith". I think that this is the crux of the problem!
