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I am not sure that the Kirk is as liberal as the Scottish Episcopal Church in these matters ( though I may be wrong about that ) so goodness only knows what illustrations the Minister might have feared appearing when he spoke about David and Jonathan  2 Samuel chapter 1 verse 26

Well the text he chose ended at verse 18, so the question didn't really arise directly.  His sermon tended towards the spiritual rather than physical nature of their friendship....

The Kirk's position could well be described as confused, or perhaps more diplomatically as being a "broad church".  In effect different ministers and congregations can follow their conscience provided that they do so consistently.  Rev Scott Rennie now minister at Crown Court Church of Scotland,. London sparked considerable, often acrimonious and passionate, debate over a number of years before the Kirk reaching this slightly uneasy compromise.  The Free Church of Scotland and I think the Presbyterian Church of Ireland broke off "diplomatic relations" with the Kirk as it moved to this position.

Moving tangentially, as we do from time to time, I thought of you and Nemesis when, for perhaps the fifth time in my life, I came across the word shibboleth, whilst browsing through a City Fans' Website.  Apparently the Ukrainians are using the word ‘palianytsia’ (a type of bread) in the same manner as the tribe of Gliead.