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said. “We get calls from people
who saw someone just looking
into a vehicle.”
Langwell said if a car has an
alarm, it needs to be operated
correctly and checked
periodically.
When you park your car,
turn the wheels to the left or
right and put the emergency
brake on, because it locks the
car and makes it difficult for a
thief to steal, according to the
CSPD Web site.
If someone notices his car
was broken into, do not touch
anything because it may be
potential evidence, Langwell
said.
Langwell said it is helpful
for people to know serial num
bers of stereos and radios
because it can help identify the
property later.
“People don’t think they
can become a victim until it
happens,” he said.
Conservatives protest gay bishop’s election
By Rachel Zoll
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS
Conservative opponents of the
first openly gay Episcopal bishop
protested Wednesday by boy
cotting legislative sessions, turn
ing in their convention creden
tials and dropping to their knees
in prayer as one of their leaders
denounced his election.
A handful of the more than
800 clergy and lay delegates
either walked off the floor of the
meeting or collectively stayed
away, while at least three of the
nearly 300 bishops refused to
participate or went home, saying
their distraught parishioners
needed them.
Other delegates dropped to
their knees and prayed as the Rev.
Kendall Harmon said in a speech
that many were “mourning” the
convention’s approval of the Rev.
V. Gene Robinson as New
Hampshire’s bishop.
“This unilateral action on
our part is catastrophic,” said
Harmon, surrounded by more
than 20 supporters in the
House of Deputies, a legisla
tive body composed of clergy
and lay people.
“We weep for the Episcopal
Church and its members. We
have made a terrible mistake.”
Also Wednesday, the House
of Bishops voted to reject a
proposal on drafting an official
liturgy for same-sex blessing
ceremonies.
But by voice vote, they over
whelmingly approved a docu
ment saying: “We recognize that
local faith communities are oper
ating within the bounds of our
common life as they explore and
experience liturgies celebrating
and blessing same-sex unions.”
There was disagreement over
the significance of the statement,
which needs final approval from
the House of Deputies.
Bishops nationwide already
decide whether to permit same-
sex blessing ceremonies in their
own dioceses. But gay advocates
considered it a significant step,
saying the church had never
before approved a national docu
ment acknowledging such cere
monies take place.
Bishop Robert Ilhoff of
Maryland said the statement had
little practical effect: “It contin
ues the policy that is in effect in
all our dioceses.”
But he said he understood
why gay advocates would con
sider it a victory, because it brings
the practice “to the surface.”
Bishop Keith Ackerman of
Quincy, III., called it “recogni
tion without approval” that
allows bishops to continue to set
local policy.
A vote by deputies could
come as soon as Thursday.
Robinson was confirmed
Tuesday after he was cleared of
Anglican leadership
The unity of Anglicanism, one of
world Christianity's major
segments, was threatened by
this week’s approval of a gay
bishop in its American branch,
the Episcopal Church.
f Archbishop of
Canterbury
Dr, Rowan Williams, the spiritual
leader of the Church of England,
defines a church as part of the
Anglican Communion.
A Primate
Jf Thirty-eight branches
around the world represent 77
million followers Each branch is
headed by a "primate." The
Episcopal Church has 2.3 million
followers.
f Bishop
In the United States each
of the 100 dioceses are headed
by at least one bishop.
A Priest
M. In the United States, each
of the 7,368 parishes and
missions is headed by a priest.
SOURCE: The Episcopal Church
Annual, 2001’
last-minute misconduct allega
tions that threatened to delay
the vote.
In an interview earlier
Wednesday with The Associated
Press, Robinson said he hoped
his critics would not leave the
church, though he disagrees with
their view that gay sex violates
Scripture.
“I think they’re wrong about
this,” he said. “I think they’ll
come to know that they are
wrong, in this life or the next
one.”
Robinson said he values
diversity within Anglicanism and
hoped his critics will too. The
Episcopal Church, with 2.3 mil
lion members, is the U.S. branch
of the 77 million-member global
Anglican Communion.
Anglicans in many parts of the
world reacted angrily Wednesday
to Robinson’s confirmation, with
some threatening to cut ties with
the American church. The
Anglicans’ spiritual . leader.
Archbishop of Canterbury
Rowan Williams, appealed for
opponents not to act rashly but
acknowledged it would
inevitably have a “significant
impact” on the worldwide
Anglican Communion.
The opponents in
Minneapolis, however, insisted
they remained within the church
and were simply rejecting the
convention vote.
The demonstrations in
Minneapolis were not coordinat
ed and their scope was difficult to
measure. Robinson’s supporters
said the protesters belong to some
of the most conservative dioceses
which had felt alienated from the
national leadership long before
the gay clergyman was even a
candidate.
“I am finnly of the opinion
that schism is not inevitable,”
said the Rev. Susan Russell,
executive director of Claiming
the Blessing, an Episcopal gay
advocacy group.
overcast skies but stirred little
notice. A few dozen children on
the rocky beach waved and
pointed.
It was good the Americans
had come, but not good enough,
many adults said.
“It’s too slow and too little,”
said Thomas Koko, a hotel laun
dry worker. “People are starv
ing. We can’t even see our fam
ilies on the other side. We need
peacekeepers in the port, in our
city, now.”
After weeks of promises
from neighboring countries to
provide troops to separate the
combatants, peacekeepers began
flying into the airport outside
the city on Monday. By
Wednesday, 500 soldiers with
five armored personnel carriers
were at the base.
The force’s commander.
Brig. Gen. Festus Okonkwo of
Nigeria, said the force would
have sufficient strength
Thursday for him to send some
soldiers into Monrovia itself.
The United Nations,
European and African countries
have wanted Washington to take
the lead in restoring peace to
Liberia, which was founded by
freed American slaves, with
U.S. government encourage
ment, in the 19th century.
But Bush has said West
Africans and the United Nations
must take the lead, saying
American involvement will be
limited to helping bring in sup
plies for the peacekeepers and
humanitarian aid for Liberians.
Administration officials have
said they envision a force of no
more than a few hundred help
ing the peacekeeping mission.
Arriving Wednesday, the
seven U.S. Marines in ji
green camouflage and i
with automatic weapons I
at the U.S. Embassy. Bin they
drove out of the gates
minutes and headed for the air
port.
At a hangar there, Americans
and Nigerians stood surrounded
by duffel bags and Nigerian
armored personnel carriers,
trucks and fuel tankers, confer
ring and taking notes.
“There are certain things we
cannot provide you with.” one
American could be heard telling
his Nigerian counterparts.
All parties waited to see if
Taylor keeps his pledge to leave
Liberia.
He scheduled a Thursday
appearance before Congress t«
officially announce his intentior
to resign. It was unclear whether
power would go to
President Moses Blah or
Speaker
Monkomana. Taylor has
both men were candidates.
But Taylor’s government has
hedged about his departure,say
ing he w-ouid leave only aftei
enough peacekeepers are on the
ground and if a U.N. war crimes
indictment based on his support
of rebels in neighboring Sierra
Leone is dropped.
“The warrant never goes
away, and the court will beta
for a number of years,” Jacques
Paul Klein, the top U.N. envoy
for Liberia, said in New Yoi
“So go while the getting is good
in a sense.”
The office of Nigerian
President Olusegun Obasanjo
issued a statement insisting
there would be no hitches in
Taylor’s departure, saying it was
“finalizing arrangements.”
NEWS IN BRIEF
Police seized documents indicating
Jakarta Marriott may be bombing target
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Police on Wednesday said they
seized documents last month showing terrorists had planned to
target the area around Jakarta's Marriott Hotel, where a powerful
car bomb a day earlier killed as many as 14 people and injured
nearly 150.
Security forces had increased patrols in the Marriott area in
response to the seizure but the precautions weren't enough to
prevent the suspected suicide attack, which underscored the con
tinuing threat of terrorism in the world's largest Muslim nation.
"There was a warning that there were some targets and we
have been anticipating an attack," said Jakarta police spokesman
Prasetyo, who like many Indonesians uses a single name.
He said that the documents were seized in the central Java
town of Semarang last month, when police arrested seven
alleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah.
Officials also said they were investigating two men who alleged
ly purchased the vehicle used in the bombing, and planned to
issue a composite sketch of one of the men later Wednesday.
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