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In 2003, the reverend Gene Robson beme the first openly gay bishop of the Epispal Church. A Brish bishop has bee the first the Church of England – the mother church of the worldwi Anglin fah – to announce he is homosexual, an terview published Saturday. "It was not my cisn to make a big thg about g out, " he said, addg that he adhered to church guil which stipulate that gay clergy mt be celibate.

"People know I'm gay, but 's not the first thg I'd say to anyone. "The church knew he was gay when he beme a bishop last year, he revealed. "A Church of England spokman said would have been "unjt" not to appot him based due to his Church of England dropped s opposn to gay clergymen civil partnerships beg bishops 2013, although many of the Anglin fah worldwi -- who number 80 ln -- were Anglin Church of Uganda 2014 said may nsir breakg away om their mother church England if put Uganda unr prsure over s tough anti-homosexualy law.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND WEL FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP

The Wtern Jurisdictn of the Uned Methodist Church promoted an openly gay clergyman to the rank of bishop fiance of their l prohibg the ordatn of "practicg homosexuals." * the first gay bishop *

Although ’s a huge step forward to see a gay bishop e out, the ongog problem is that only some gay upl are acceptable to the Church of England.

THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD – BUT ’S NOT ENOUGH

(RNS) — Griswold led the male nomatn through the ordatn of s first openly gay bishop. * the first gay bishop *

This requirement utterly means gay relatnships.

I me out as gay 2014 and still rry the srs. One major reason is the current climate around gay clergy.

UNED METHODIST CHURCH BODY ELECTS OPENLY GAY BISHOP VLATN OF S L: 'INMAT NNG THE ASYLUM'

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * the first gay bishop *

For me, as an openly gay Christian who disagre wh enforced celibacy and believ prits should be able to marry, I fear I’d simply be openg myself up to further damage, discrimatn, and heartache.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

The first openly gay bishop of the Uned Methodist Church said the nomatn's tent to spl is heartbreakg for the church as a whole. * the first gay bishop *

I worry that we are losg young people not jt om future clergy rol, but om even om stg the pews, due to our slow progrs on matters of g out, Chamberla said: “People know I’m gay, but ’s not the first thg I’d say to anyone. If the church wants to keep s current prits, and attract a new wave of recs, we need urgent progrs so that gay people feel safe wh s walls.

FORMER DCE OF GENE ROBSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP, 'SADNED' BY NEWS OF HIS DIVORCE

The head of the Epispal Dce, where the first openly gay bishop once served, has exprsed "sadns" at the news of the former bishop's pendg divorce. * the first gay bishop *

A regnal body of the Uned Methodist Church (UMC) voted to elect the nomatn's first openly gay Black bishop last week vlatn of s l prohibg the ordatn of "self-avowed practicg homosexuals.

Her ordatn was emed valid by the Uned Methodist Judicial Council 2017, but she remas her CHURCH OF ENGLAND OFFICIALS ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE: ‘RANK HERESY’The UMC, which is the third-largt Prottant nomatn the U.

Bishop Karen Oliveto, the UMC's first openly gay bishop, speaks at Iliff School of Theology, on April 26, 2017, Denver, Colorado.

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"Several nservative members of the Methodist clergy told Fox News Digal June that far om settlg the issue, however, the 2019 vote was disregard by many liberal lears wh the UMC who cid to rema the nomatn while missng openly gay clergy and officiatg same-sex weddgs Lomperis of the Instute on Relign & Democracy, who has served as a UMC General Conference legate, told The Christian Post that Bridgeforth's promotn exhibs "further direct fiance of the UMC’s official l, which is creasgly beg normalized. Griswold served as pridg bishop of the male nomatn as saw the ordatn of s first openly gay bishop 2003, which creased prsure on some nservative dc to schism.

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