{"id":1419,"date":"2006-07-18T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/07\/canon-gay-the-king.html"},"modified":"2006-07-18T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T07:07:00","slug":"canon-gay-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/07\/canon-gay-the-king.html","title":{"rendered":"Canon Gay &amp; The King"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/41877000\/jpg\/_41877424_johnnycathedral_203x258.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/41877000\/jpg\/_41877424_johnnycathedral_203x258.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Here\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/cornwall\/5172128.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">little story<\/a> about the visit of an Elvis impersonator to an English Cathedral (whose Canon has a sort of unfortunate name).<\/p>\n<p><em>Truro Cathedral is hoping to boost its congregation by enlisting the aid of an Elvis impersonator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The special event, featuring Elvis\u2019 gospel songs, follows line dancing and jazz sessions in the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Just in case you\u2019re wondering what the Bishop might think of this.  <em>Here\u2019s a pic of the bishop \u2026<br><\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trurocathedral.org.uk\/images\/cathedral-story\/bishop-bill.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trurocathedral.org.uk\/images\/cathedral-story\/bishop-bill.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Well \u2026 I\u2019m not sure.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we know about Bishop Bill of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trurocathedral.org.uk\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Truro Cathedral<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Bishop Bill, who loves cricket, poetry and bird watching, has been known to paddle a coracle, scale church towers, and even shepherd sheep through the city.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You gotta admit, folks, even as the ship takes on water in great gulps, Anglicans can still bring a smile.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><em>HT: <\/em><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderstruck.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><em>THUNDERSTRUCK<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a little story about the visit of an Elvis impersonator to an English Cathedral (whose Canon has a sort of unfortunate name). 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