I think I've seen more bishop backbone in the past twelve months than I saw in the twelve years prior:
The pastor of a Roman Catholic church was temporarily pulled from the pulpit after he refused to support a petition drive against gay marriage by the state's bishops.
The Rev. George Lange of St. Luke the Evangelist church in Westborough was replaced last weekend by Worcester Bishop Robert McManus, who led the Saturday evening Mass and the Sunday morning Mass.
The move came after Lange and his associate pastor, the Rev. Stephen Labaire, posted an item in the Sept. 11 church bulletin stating their opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The state's four Catholic bishops are leading a signature drive to get the amendment on a ballot in the 2008 election.
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