U.S. Epispal Church's Michael Curry not backg down om gay marriage support

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CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — 'The issue of gay people and their rights is equivalent a stggle our time to the one over race,' said Michael Curry, pridg bishop of the Epispal Church.

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EPISPAL CHURCH’S FIRST BLACK LEAR, A GAY MARRIAGE BACKER, FOC ON RACE

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His appotment as the first Ain-Amerin lear of a predomantly whe Prottant church that has long been associated wh the Amerin ele elevated the voice of a preacher who had foced his mistry on racial jtice, an issue that is now playg out the printial Curry’s ne-year tenure began jt months after the Epispal Church cid to bls same-sex marriag, and January he fend that cisn a meetg wh archbishops of the Anglin Communn, many of them om Ai, who vehemently oppose gay Curry, 63, who recently revered om surgery related to a head jury, was terviewed this month at the Epispal Church’s headquarters New York, stg a rockg chair he brought wh him om North Carola, where he served as bishop for 15 years. At a meetg January, you tried to make the nnectn between the excln and bigotry experienced by black people and the excln of gay people, tellg primat of other Anglin provc, many of whom are om Ai and have rejected the Epispal Church’s cisn to bls gay marriag, “I stand before you as your brother, as a scendant of Ain slav. Over the years, I have heard om many Epispal lears and laypeople the notn that those who are opposed to gay marriage and gay equaly will eventually e around.

Have you always stood where you stand now on equaly for gay people? When I thk about , was more an evolutn om not really thkg about the life of gay and lbian people, to be hont, to beg very aware.

I thk the first general nventn rolutn [on homosexualy] was about 1979.

LGBT-FRIENDLY AMERIN PREACHER TAK ROYAL WEDDG TO CHURCH: “LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY”BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY IS THE FIRST BLACK PRIDG BISHOP OF THE EPISPAL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSMAY 19, 2018/11:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2519PX;WIDTH:3500PX;}OWEN HUMPHREYS/WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGWINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 19: THE MOST REV BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY, PRIMATE OF THE EPISPAL CHURCH, GIV AN ADDRS DURG THE WEDDG OF PRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE ST GEE'S CHAPEL AT WDSOR CASTLE ON MAY 19, 2018 WDSOR, ENGLAND. (PHOTO BY OWEN HUMPHREYS - WPA POOL/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSMAY 19, 2018 / 11:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LGBT-FRIENDLY AMERIN PREACHER TAK ROYAL WEDDG TO CHURCH: “LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-05-19T15:02:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-05-19T15:02:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL, RELIGN","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU BETTER PREACH, BISHOP MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST BLACK PRIDG BISHOP OF THE EPISPAL CHURCH, BISHOP CURRY GAVE A CEREMONY-STEALG SERMON EARLIER TODAY DURG PRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE'S WEDDG AT ST. GEE’S CHAPEL WDSOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE AMERIN BISHOP'S PRENCE WAS NOTABLE GIVEN THAT ROYAL WEDDG SERMONS ARE TRADNALLY LIVERED BY SENR CLERGY OM THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. RT. HON. JT WELBY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARRIED THE UPLE, NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE DE AND DUCHS OF SSEX.DANNY LAWSON/WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGWINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 19: PRCE HARRY, DE OF SSEX AND THE DUCHS OF SSEX KISS ON THE STEPS OF ST GEE'S CHAPEL WDSOR CASTLE AFTER THEIR WEDDG ON MAY 19, 2018 WDSOR, ENGLAND. 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AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE OF THIS OLD WORLD A NEW WORLD. LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT J BEGAN THE MOST REVOLUTNARY MOVEMENT ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY: A MOVEMENT GROUND THE UNNDNAL LOVE OF GOD FOR THE WORLD AND A MOVEMENT MANDATG PEOPLE TO LIVE THAT LOVE, AND SO DOG, TO CHANGE NOT ONLY THEIR LIV, BUT THE VERY LIFE OF THE WORLD SELF,” ADD THE SOCIALLY PROGRSIVE THOR OF CRAZY CHRISTIANS: A CALL TO FOLLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M TALKG ABOUT SOME POWER. REAL POWER. POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME, WELL, THERE WERE SOME OLD SLAV AMERI’S ANTEBELLUM SOUTH WHO EXPLAED THE DYNAMIC POWER OF LOVE AND WHY HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM. THEY EXPLAED THIS WAY: THEY SANG A SPIRUAL, EVEN THE MIDST OF THEIR PTIVY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BISHOP CURRY'S PASSNATE AND ANIMATED SERMON DREW SOME RATHER IL REACTNS OM SHOCKED MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAY AND OTHER GUTS.STEVE PARSONS/AFP/GETTY IMAGUS BISHOP MICHAEL BCE CURRY POS OUTSI ST GEE'S CHAPEL, WDSOR ON MAY 18, 2018, ON THE EVE OF THE WEDDG OF BRA'S PRCE HARRY AND US ACTRS MEGHAN MARKLE. - BRA'S PRCE HARRY AND US ACTRS MEGHAN MARKLE WILL MARRY ON MAY 19 AT ST GEE'S CHAPEL WDSOR CASTLE. (PHOTO BY STEVE PARSONS / POOL / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ STEVE PARSONS/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER THE EPISPAL CHURCH VOTED 2015 TO LET GAY UPL MARRY RELIG CEREMONI, CURRY, A BISHOP NORTH CAROLA, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAG THAT STATE'S CHURCH, THE WASHGTON POST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE SON OF THE LATE REV. KENH CURRY, AN OUTSPOKEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, HE HAS OFTEN DRAWN PARALLELS BETWEEN THE BLACK AND LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEFENDG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AFTER THE ANGLIN COMMUNN ANNOUNCED WOULD PENALIZE THE EPISPAL CHURCH FOR UPHOLDG THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CISN, BISHOP CURRY SAID, “I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A SCENDANT OF AIN SLAV, STOLEN OM THEIR NATIVE LAND, ENSLAVED A BTER BONDAGE, AND THEN EVEN AFTER EMANCIPATN, SEGREGATED AND EXCLUD CHURCH AND SOCIETY. AND THIS NJUR THAT UP AGA, AND BRGS PA.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE FULL SERMON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Dpe the drsg down and spensn the U.S. Epispalian Church received om the Anglin Communn bee of s support of same-sex marriage, pridg bishop Michael Curry says his md is ma up regardg "gay marriage" and their stance remas the same. * michael curry gay *

But I was semary wh people who were gay. CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — The prejudice felt by gay people over same-sex marriage is the new racism, acrdg to the head of the Epispal Church of the Uned Stat.

EPISPAL CHURCH HEAD MICHAEL CURRY RPONDS TO BISHOP'S REFAL TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE DCE

2), said that the Uned Stat, “the issue of gay people and their rights is equivalent a stggle our time to the one over race.

” He went on to say all Christians the Uned Stat need to stand solidary wh gay people over same-sex marriage.

In rponse to the amendment, bishops om the Global South announced they would refe Holy Communn om bishops wh gay partners and om those who support same-sex marriage. The pot-unterpot protts over the past week have unrsred the growg divisns between the bishops the Wt who support gay marriage and those the Global South who oppose — and the creasgly tenuo operatn that Welby, as archbishop of Canterbury, has fed.

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10 rolutn, which rejects homosexualy as patible wh Scripture, had not been rcd.

U.S. EPISPAL CHURCH'S MICHAEL CURRY NOT BACKG DOWN OM GAY MARRIAGE SUPPORT

For some supporters of gay unns, the lack of a cisn favor of same-sex marriage was a blow. "Bishop Curry's passnate and animated sermon drew some rather il reactns om shocked members of the royal fay and other the Epispal Church voted 2015 to let gay upl marry relig ceremoni, Curry, a bishop North Carola, was one of the first to allow same-sex marriag that state's church, the Washgton Post the son of the late Rev. Gay Clark Jenngs, print of the Epispal Church's Hoe of Deputi who supports LGBT marriag all forms, also released a statement rponse to Love's pastoral letter, highlightg the nomatn's support for LGBT relatnships.

The new rolutn still giv clergy the right to refe to perform gay weddgs, bishops who oppose same-sex marriage r mt ll on another bishop who do not oppose such unns to provi pastoral support for the uple and a clergy for the addn to the Dce of Albany, the other impacted dc clu Dallas; North Dakota; Sprgfield, Illois; Tennsee; the U. He is llg the Church to have the urage to speak His Tth love about homosexual behavr – even though isn't polilly rrect, " said Love.

"Love also said that he believ both his nomatn and overall Wtern society "have been hijacked by the 'Gay Rights Agenda, '" and that pro-LGBT Epispalians have been "received to believg a lie that has been planted the Church by the 'great ceiver' — Satan. The 'nsequenc' me after the Epispal Church first nsecrated an openly gay bishop, Gene Robson, 2003, and officially thorised gay marriage 2015. 'For fellow discipl of J our church who are gay or lbian, this will brg more pa.

ROYAL WEDDG PASTOR MICHAEL CURRY IS PRO-GAY MARRIAGE--SHOULD MATTER?

Epispal Church received om the Anglin Communn bee of s support of same-sex marriage, pridg bishop Michael Curry says his md is ma up regardg "gay marriage" and their stance remas the same. Even Jim Nghton, former non for the Archdce of Washgton, sisted that homosexualy and support of is not a s agast God. Christians across the globe were spired by Bishop Michael Curry’s msage about love durg the royal weddg Saturday, but many of those same Christians then bated whether his views on gay marriage and LGBT issu should matter.

When the Anglin Communn penalized the Epispal Church for s stance on gay marriage, Curry drew parallels between the stggl of Ain Amerins and of those the LBGT muny.

On Twter over the weekend, Christians and others bated whether Curry’s stance on gay marriage should matter. “Fascatg that so many Christians who are agast LGBT people are ldg Michael Curry, a prit who openly marri gay people and wel them .

PRIDG BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY AND PRINT OF THE HOE OF DEPUTI GAY CLARK JENNGS ANNOUNCE LEGISLATIVE MTEE ROSTERS FOR 80TH GENERAL CONVENTN

‏Rob Self (@triplejaymom), wrote, “For those praisg Bishop Michael Curry for brgg the royals ‘to church, ’ as a bishop the Epispal church, he is pro abortn, bls gay marriage, and is highly active the social jtice movement. More than 120 bishops and 483 puti will serve on legislative mte at the 80th General Conventn, Pridg Bishop Michael Curry and Hoe of Deputi Print Gay Clark Jenngs announced today. El obispo primado Michael Curry y la printe la Cámara Diputados Gay Clark Jenngs dan a nocer las listas los és legislativos para la 80ª.

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Convención General, anunciaron hoy el obispo primado Michael Curry y la printe la Cámara Diputados Gay Clark Jenngs. Gay Clark JenngsGeneral ConventnMichael CurryPrint of the Hoe of DeputiPridg Bishop. He is llg the Church to have the urage to speak His Tth love about homosexual behavr — even though isn't polilly rrect, " wrote Love.

"Love also said that he believ both his nomatn and overall Wtern society "have been hijacked by the 'Gay Rights Agenda, '" and that pro-LGBT Epispalians have been "received to believg a lie that has been planted the Church by the 'great ceiver' — Satan. He is llg the Church to have the urage to speak His Tth love about homosexual behavur - even though isn't polilly rrect.

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