Dallas Epispal Bishop Says No Gay Marriage | Dallas Observer

Contents:

• EPISPAL CHURCH WON'T BACK DOWN ON GAY RIGHTS DPE CENSURE
• EPISPAL CHURCH TO PERFORM GAY WEDDG CEREMONI
• ANGLINS RTRICT US EPISPAL CHURCH OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• EPISPAL CHURCH EXPANDS GAY MARRIAGE TO ALL DC WHERE BISHOPS OBJECT
• DALLAS EPISPAL BISHOP SAYS NO GAY WEDDGS HERE ON HIS WATCH
• 'NO OUTSTS GOD'S CHURCH,' ALABAMA BISHOP SAYS AS EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV GAY MARRIAGE
• THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE
• TE TO EPISPAL CHURCH’S PAST, BISHOPS SPL ON GAY WEDDGS
• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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

| 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. Epispalians have steadily embraced same-sex unns, first nsecratg an openly partnered gay bishop 2003, followed by a bishop a Lbian relatnship 2009. Unlike the Worldwi Anglin Communn, of which is a part, the Epispal Church do not nmn homosexualy.

EPISPAL CHURCH TO PERFORM GAY WEDDG CEREMONI

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. However, the church had already nsecrated s first openly gay bishop 2003. 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.

””- 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?

ANGLINS RTRICT US EPISPAL CHURCH OVER GAY MARRIAGE

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.

LONDON (RNS) — The first gay marriage an Anglin church Bra took place this week, a day after Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby scribed the ntug squabbl over same-sex marriage the worldwi Anglin Communn as “tractable. The gay uple, known as “Mark and Rick, ” had their orr of service posted on Facebook, which told people that they were married on Tuday (Aug.

In June, the Sttish Epispal Church, which is part of the Anglin Communn, announced that was allowg gay weddgs after s synod voted to amend s non law on marriage. Has allowed gay marriage sce 2015. Welby, speakg to the BBC om Ai where he has been travelg, was asked if the Anglin Communn’s rift over homosexualy might worsen, given that the munn’s center of growth is on that ntent, where tradnal views on marriage hold sway.

EPISPAL CHURCH EXPANDS GAY MARRIAGE TO ALL DC WHERE BISHOPS OBJECT

Holdsworth, a leadg figure the Changg Attu Stland mpaign, said that people Stland have changed their mds on gay marriage and now support . Although they have only an timated 100, 000 members, the impact of gay weddgs s Sttish Epispal church will be signifint, acrdg to Simon Sarmiento, of the webse, Thkg Anglins. “Gay Anglins England will be able to travel to Stland to get married, puttg more prsure on the Church of England, ” he said.

DALLAS EPISPAL BISHOP SAYS NO GAY WEDDGS HERE ON HIS WATCH

Wh the Church of England there are eply divergent views on gays, and at the most recent General Synod, a bishops’ report advotg no change the church’s stance on the blsg of gay partnerships or the nductg of gay marriag was narrowly rejected.

'NO OUTSTS GOD'S CHURCH,' ALABAMA BISHOP SAYS AS EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV GAY MARRIAGE

Holdsworth said Welby is wrong to say the problem is tractable and urged him to speak to gay people who want to help e up wh solutns. 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. Gay marriage ceremoni are now officially allowed Epispal church.

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

The church elected their first openly gay bishop 2003, promptg many nservative ngregatns to break away om the nomatn.

Epispal Church their global fellowship as a sanctn over the Amerin church's acceptance of gay marriage. He told the other lears their vote "will brg real pa" to gays and lbians and to Epispalians "mted to followg J the way of love and beg a church that liv that love.

"Anglins, whose roots are the missnary work of the Church of England, are the third-largt groupg of Christians the world, behd Roman Catholics and the fellowship has been acturg for s over gay relatnships, women's ordatn and other issu. Those rifts blew wi open 2003 when the New York-based Epispal Church nsecrated the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robson, New Hampshire. Epispal legislative body, or General Conventn, voted to thorize gay marriag their most vol protts to the Epispal embrace of gay rights me om Ai, home to some of the fastt-growg church the Anglin munn and the ept opposn to gay relatnships as a vlatn of Scripture.

TE TO EPISPAL CHURCH’S PAST, BISHOPS SPL ON GAY WEDDGS

Many Ain untri have crimalized gay relatnships.

The lears lled the Epispal Church approval of gay marriage "a fundamental parture om the fah and teachg" of the majory of a rult, Epispalians "no longer reprent on ecumenil and terfah bodi, " and have the equivalent of observer stat Anglin missns, the lears the U.

Epispal Church is alone among Anglin provc approvg gay marriage, other Anglin natnal church, Brazil, South Ai, New Zealand and Stland, have taken steps toward acceptg same-sex relatnships. The top body of the Anglin Church of Canada is schled to vote July on a proposal that would thorize gay marriage. 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.

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.