[Welcome, so-called Anglicans! And just so you know I haven’t forgotten you….]

You remember the Scaife-funded gay hater Episcopalians? The ones who had to go to Nigeria to outsource Bishops who hated gays enough to satisfy them?

Well—and of course, it’s never about the money—they don’t get to break away from the Church and take the buildings with them, because the buildings (duh) belong to the Diocese. LA Times:

In a victory for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, a state appeals panel has upheld the diocese’s claim to the buildings and other property of three conservative parishes that had severed their ties with the diocese.

The unanimous decision by a panel of the appeals court in Santa Ana reversed lower court rulings in the case, which involves St. James Church in Newport Beach, All Saints Church in Long Beach and St. David’s Church in North Hollywood.

The ruling was reached late Monday by a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal.

In August 2004, the dissident parishes pulled out of the six-county Los Angeles Diocese and the 2.3-million-member Episcopal Church, citing differences over biblical interpretation, including what they described as the diocese’s too-lenient views on homosexuality. Instead, they placed themselves under the jurisdiction of a conservative Anglican bishop in Uganda.

The Los Angeles Diocese sued, arguing that the parishes held their church buildings in trust for the diocese and the national Episcopal Church and thus were not entitled to the property. An Orange County trial judge, in separate decisions, had ruled in favor of the parishes.

Good. And anything that makes life harder for these assholes is good. These people should check their Bibles and look in their hearts, if any. Luke 7:36-47:  Read more