Epispal Church Won't Back Down On Gay Rights Dpe Censure | HuffPost Relign

Contents:

• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• EPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALYEPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALY
• ANGLINS RTRICT US EPISPAL CHURCH OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL BISHOP TO DIVORCE HBAND
• EPISPAL CHURCH WON'T BACK DOWN ON GAY RIGHTS DPE CENSURE
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The next General Conventn, 1976, adopted rolutns statg that “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” (1976-A069), and that they “are entled to equal protectn of the laws wh all other cizens” (1976-A071). 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.

| 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. ”“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. Views about homosexualyYounger MillennialOlr MillennialGeneratn XBaby BoomerSilentGreattSample sizeShould be accepted6%10%23%40%21%1%409Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

Views about homosexualyImmigrantsSend generatnThird generatn or higherSample sizeShould be accepted6%10%84%412Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyLs than $30, 000$30, 000-$49, 999$50, 000-$99, 999$100, 000 or moreSample sizeShould be accepted17%12%34%36%370Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyHigh school or lsSome llegeCollegePost-graduate greeSample sizeShould be accepted13%25%31%30%411Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

EPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALYEPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALY

Views about homosexualyMarriedLivg wh a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample sizeShould be accepted62%5%11%6%17%412Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyBelieve God; absolutely certaBelieve God; fairly certaBelieve God; not too/not at all certaBelieve God; don't knowDo not believe GodOther/don't know if they believe GodSample sizeShould be accepted54%33%6%2%3%1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyVery importantSomewhat importantNot too importantNot at all importantDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted45%39%13%3%1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

Views about homosexualyAt least once a weekOnce or twice a month/a few tim a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted27%56%17%< 1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

Views about homosexualyAt least dailyWeeklyMonthlySeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted51%20%11%17%< 1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral tim a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted10%8%10%72%< 1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral tim a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted38%14%5%42%1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

ANGLINS RTRICT US EPISPAL CHURCH OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Views about homosexualyAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral tim a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted51%23%12%12%2%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral tim a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted47%18%15%19%1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyRelignPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted17%17%52%9%4%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

FIRST OPENLY GAY EPISPAL BISHOP TO DIVORCE HBAND

Views about homosexualyThere are clear standards for what is right and wrongRight or wrong pends on the suatnNeher/both equallyDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted27%71%2%< 1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral tim a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted21%13%12%53%< 1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyWord of God; should be taken lerallyWord of God; not everythg taken lerallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample sizeShould be accepted6%32%< 1%53%9%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

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

Views about homosexualySmaller ernment; fewer servicBigger ernment; more servicDependsDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted53%39%5%4%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyDo more harm than goodDo more good than harmNeher/both equallyDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted34%60%4%1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyLegal all/most sIllegal all/most sDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted84%14%2%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

Views about homosexualyStrongly favor/favorOppose/strongly opposeDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted86%10%5%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state.

Views about homosexualyStricter environmental laws and regulatns st too many jobs and hurt the enomyStricter environmental laws and regulatns are worth the stNeher/both equallyDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted25%72%2%1%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. Views about homosexualyEvolved; due to natural procsEvolved; due to God's signEvolved; don't know howAlways existed prent formDon't knowSample sizeShould be accepted48%33%8%9%2%414Sample siz and margs of error vary om subgroup to subgroup, om year to year and om state to state. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.

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

“That was a really strikg moment to me as a Lato gay man, ” said Miguel Esbar, executive director of the Epispal Divy School at Unn Theologil Semary, durg a Hoe of Deputi discsn on May 18 tled “A Full and Equal Claim: LGBTQ+ Epispalians Discs the Path Forward.

The rolutn “nfs the Church’s ntued heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and the ongog harmful impact of anti-LGBTQ+ Christian proclamatn, preachg, pastoral re, and theology” and exprs a renewed mment to ensurg that LGBTQ people experience a “full and equal claim” to church life.