Hoe of Bishops Mak “Technil” Amendment to Gay Marriage Rolutn - The Epispal Dce of Central Florida

Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• THE HOE OF BISHOPS ON GAY MARRIAGE – PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STUDY

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

Although Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, recently affirmed the validy of a 1998 claratn that gay sex was a s, there are signs that the C of E may be movg towards allowg clergy to follow their nscience on the issue. Anglin church the US, Stland and Canada have already moved to start nductg same-sex weddgs, while the church Wal has started offerg blsgs to married gay upl. After a back-and-forth negotiatn between the Hoe of Deputi and Hoe of Bishops, both ho approved an amend B012 that stck a promise on the issue of grantg Epispalians across the untry accs to the lurgi, regardls of their bishops’ stance on gay marriage.

The Communn Partners, cludg seven of the eight bishops who had blocked gay marriage their dc, affirmed their sire to “mata the munn of our dc wh the Epispal Church, ” spe differenc over Christian teachgs. One of the re promis of B012 was to allow bishops who object to gay marriage to requt that another bishop provi pastoral re and oversight for same-sex upl who wish to be married by prits their home church. The bishops’ level of acceptance of the promise has varied, wh Albany Bishop William Love and Florida Bishop Samuel Howard opposg at General Conventn and even raisg ncerns uld lead to further schism the church over homosexualy, acrdg to Relign News Service.

A gay marriage rolutn the Epispal Church has been passed by the Hoe of Bishops, but B012 received yet another amendment the procs for approval and mt be revised aga.

THE HOE OF BISHOPS ON GAY MARRIAGE – PART TWO OF A TWO-PART STUDY

But Rolutn B012 do provi some relief for bishops who oppose gay marriage. The technil amendment, though, do not repudiate gay marriage the Epispal Church, but rather ref s spe of functnaly om dce to dce.

“What says, sence, is that gay marriage is to be allowed the entire Epispal Church, ” Bishop Brewer said. “It also says if there are ngregatns that want to perform gay marriag their Dce and their bishop is theologilly opposed to , what has to happen is that they need to appeal to the bishop, and then the bishop at that pot grants them the pacy to be unr the thory of another bishop of his choosg or her choosg, the bishop’s choosg. “So, you have a parish a particular dce (that is) unr the bishop of that dce, but they want to do gay marriage and therefore they appeal to the bishop and (that) bishop assigns them another bishop who will functn as a pastor all matters of marriage.

A task force of no more than 14 people, evenly spl wh seven reprentativ who are for gay marriage, and seven who are not, will prise the task force.