Epispal church California and Mnota moved toward appotg gay bishops over the weekend, ls than a month after the nomatn lifted a self-imposed eeze on promotg openly gay clergy to the top ranks of the church.
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- FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL BISHOP TO DIVORCE HBAND
- ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL BISHOP TO DIVORCE HBAND
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NEW YORK — The first openly gay Epispal bishop, who beme a symbol for gay rights far beyond the church while eply dividg the world's Anglins, plans to divorce his Gene Robson announced the end of his marriage to Mark Andrew an email sent to the Dce of New Hampshire, where he served for ne years before retirg 2012.
Robson was barred 2008 by then-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams om the Lambeth Conference, the once-a- global meetg of all Anglin bishops, as Williams stggled to fd a way to keep Anglins Robson was also wily celebrated as a pneer for gay rights, beme an advote for gay marriage and was the subject of several books and a documentary about Christiany, the Bible and same-sex livered the benedictn at the openg 2009 gural event for Print Barack Obama and, after retirement, beme a senr fellow at the Center for Amerin Progrs, a Democratic thk tank wh close ti to the Whe Hoe. The two men were joed a 2008 civil unn New Hampshire, and beme a legal marriage when the state regnized gay marriage 2010. | Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag.
”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry. ”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. (CNN) -- Epispal church California and Mnota moved toward appotg gay bishops over the weekend, ls than a month after the nomatn lifted a self-imposed eeze on promotg openly gay clergy to the top ranks of the church.
ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
The Dce of Los Angel, one of the largt the untry, clud a gay man and a lbian on s short list for assistant bishop posns Sunday. The Anglin Communn has been wrtlg wh how to handle homosexualy, a qutn that shows signs of tearg the church apart. The Epispal Church, as the Amerin branch of the Anglin Communn is known, voted overwhelmgly last month to allow gay men and lbians to bee bishops.
Los Angel announced six ndidat for posns as assistant bishops, cludg Mary Glasspool and John Kirkley, both of whom spoke openly about beg gay statements on the dce Web se. Glasspool rells wrtlg llege wh the qutn, "Did God hate me (sce I was a homosexual)?
John the Evangelist San Francis, refers to himself as a gay man and is married to a man whom he lls "my hband, Andrew" on the Los Angel Dce Web se. They have an adopted Ain-Amerin son, he wr, admtg: "It was wh some fear and tremblg that we two whe, gay men embarked upon raisg our son. Five years ago, the Epispal Church appoted Gene Robson, an openly gay man, to be bishop of New Hampshire, a move that tore apart the Epispal Church and prompted a semi-official moratorium on namg new gay bishops.