US Epispal Church fac backlash after approvg gay ‘marriage’ - LifeSe

Contents:

• EPISPAL CHURCH EXPANDS GAY MARRIAGE TO ALL DC WHERE BISHOPS OBJECT
• EPISPAL CHURCH WON'T BACK DOWN ON GAY RIGHTS DPE CENSURE
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• US EPISPAL CHURCH FAC BACKLASH AFTER APPROVG GAY ‘MARRIAGE’
• THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE
• EPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALYEPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALY

EPISPAL CHURCH EXPANDS GAY MARRIAGE TO ALL DC WHERE BISHOPS OBJECT

That changed last week when the church voted to force all Epispal church to allow gay and lbian upl to “marry” the church.

The majory of the Amerin Epispal Church (93 dc) already allows gay marriage their church.

EPISPAL CHURCH WON'T BACK DOWN ON GAY RIGHTS DPE CENSURE

A prev versn of the rolutn would have ma gay marriage a ponent of official theology by the sertn of new lurgi the Book of Common Prayer.

Bishop John Howard of Florida said his dce was still reelg om the 2003 nsecratn of openly gay Bishop Gene Robson, which led some clergy and lay members to break om the nomatn, acrdg to a report by RNS.

Unlike the Worldwi Anglin Communn, of which is a part, the Epispal Church do not nmn homosexualy. In 1976, both the Hoe of Deputi and Hoe of Bishops voted for a fully clive Epispal Church, statg, “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim wh all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern and re of the church.

ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

However, the church had already nsecrated s first openly gay bishop 2003. The Epispal Church's General Conventn, led by Bishop Michael Curry, passed a rolutn last Friday that expand the right for gay upl to marry all dc even where lol bishops theologilly object to same-sex s triennial nventn At, Texas, the Epispal Church's Hoe of Bishops and Hoe of Deputi voted to approve rolutn B012, allowg gay and lbian upl to be married by clergy eight dc that had prevly not allowed marriage r for same-sex the General Conventn had prevly voted 2015 to allow clergy to marry same-sex upl, also gave bishops who opposed gay marriage the right to forbid prits their dce om performg same-sex marriage ceremoni.

Although the new rolutn still giv clergy the right to cle gay marriage ceremoni, bishops who oppose of same-sex marriage r will have to ll on another bishop who do not oppose to provi pastoral support for the uple and the clergy member that will be volved the move directly impacts dc Albany, New York; Central Florida; Dallas; Florida; North Dakota; Sprgfield, Illois; Tennsee and the U. "Acrdg to the Dallas Morng News, Dallas Bishop Gee Sumner said the bate over expansn of gay marriage r was like a "fay argument" where the progrsiv tried to reach a promise that would make the tradnalists the dce more fortable. William Love, the bishop of Albany, meanwhile, argued that the new rolutn uld possibly trigger a stark backlash siar to what the Epispal Church faced 2003 when began nsecratg openly gay bishops.

"I'm ncerned that when this pass, the floodgat are gog to open once aga, the bloodshed is gog to open once aga, the sid lawsus are gog to ntue once aga, " he said durg the bate on the rolutn, acrdg to Epispal Church was discipled 2016 by the global Anglin Communn after years of pro-gay cisns, cludg allowg clergy to perform same-sex marriag. The vote passed by a two-thirds marg, acrdg to the publitn, which is based Milford, Conn., and clud proment voic among Ain bishops who have loudly nmned the Amerin church for s liberal stance on dramatic motn follows a strg of Epispal Church cisns stretchg back to 2003, when elected Gene Robson, an openly gay man, as a bishop of New Hampshire.

US EPISPAL CHURCH FAC BACKLASH AFTER APPROVG GAY ‘MARRIAGE’

””- Jim Nghton, former non for the Archdce of WashgtonThe spensn after four days of discsns among church lears — “primat, ” church parlance — over the Epispal Church’s posn on gay marriage relatn to the posn of the broar Anglin Communn. What actn will now be taken agast all those church the Anglin Communn who treat gay men and women as crimals? “Or were they askg for an apology for how the (church’s erng body) went about openg all the rol and r of the church, cludg marriage, to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Epispalians?

Communn lears also reportedly wanted to censure the Anglin Church of Canada, but bee has not yet adopted same-sex marriage r, no actn was Lambeth Palace prs office, home of the archbishop of Canterbury, did not rpond to requts for ment about the vote, which was leaked to the on HuffPost:Same-Sex Weddg PhotosRelatedanglin munnanglin churchEpispal ChurchChristianyGay Marriage. | 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. As of November 1 of this year homosexual upl will have the right to be “married” the church, the rult of new lurgi for same-sex upl approved Wednday at the nomatn’s General Conventn Salt Lake Cy. Epispal clergy however, will be allowed to refe to perform a homosexual “marriage” wh the promise they would not be penalized, and dividual bishops were also given the right to refe to allow same-sex ceremoni to take place their dce.

THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE

Blsgs for homosexual unns were first approved at the nomatn’s 2012 nventn, along wh acceptance of transgenr clergy. Retired Epispal Bishop Vicky Gene Robson, the first openly gay bishop the Epispal Church, was among those at the nventn who said homosexual sexual timacy was morally acceptable and should be blsed fahful venanted relatnships, statg, “I thk is time for to do this.

Robson, whose 2003 elevatn to bishop was a key factor the nomatn’s later spl, said, “Gays and lbians are livg out their liv holy ways, ” and changg the church’s l on marriage “allows to regnize this, ” to “clare how far we have e.

EPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALYEPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALY

In rponse to an quiry for ment on the Epispal bishops’ rolutn acceptg homosexual “marriage, ” the Anglin Church North Ameri directed LifeSeNews to the church’s recent rponse to the U. Supreme Court cisn legalizg homosexual “marriage, ” which said part, “The Anglin Church North Ameri only thoriz and only performs marriag between one man and one woman.

Though Smh personally oppos same-sex marriage, he agreed unr the dce’s plan to partner wh Bishop Carol Gallagher, then servg as a regnal non the Dce of Massachetts, to provi “supplemental epispal pastoral support” for Albany clergy who wished to celebrate weddgs for gay and lbian upl. Many of the biblil passag “that are often ed to nmn homosexualy are certaly not about morn same-sex marriage and are very likely more terted nmng sexually exploative enunters than the affectn shared by two adults of the same genr, ” Williamson wrote.

Epispalians voted Wednday to allow relig weddgs for gay upl, but not every prit will necsarily officiate at a same-sex rolutns adopted here at the nomatn’s General Conventn meetg Salt Lake Cy this week, the bishops have endorsed new lurgi or servic for same-sex upl wishg to marry church. However, no clergy uld be pelled to perform a same-sex marriage, and a bishop had the thory to forbid his clergy om celebratg gay former bishop of Virgia, Peter Lee, explaed to the bishops Salt Lake Cy the acmodatn meant that a nservative prit a liberal dce would cur no penalty if he refed to perform a same-sex marriage.