The Epispal Church approv relig weddgs for gay upl after ntroversial bate - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• WHAT WILL FOLLOW EPISPALIAN VOTE FOR GAY CLERGY?
• EPISPAL CHURCH ORDAS 2ND OPENLY GAY BISHOP
• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• TE TO EPISPAL CHURCH’S PAST, BISHOPS SPL ON GAY WEDDGS
• THE EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV RELIG WEDDGS FOR GAY UPL AFTER NTROVERSIAL BATE

WHAT WILL FOLLOW EPISPALIAN VOTE FOR GAY CLERGY?

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.

EPISPAL CHURCH ORDAS 2ND OPENLY GAY BISHOP

“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. “There were some church I applied to that I uldn’t get as a gay person, and there were others that I applied to that I uldn’t get as a Black person, ” Grav told ENS, scribg his earlier job search.

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. Wley Hill might embody ntradictn: an openly gay man who is opposed to same-sex marriage and advot celibacy for gay Christians, servg a church that is fully clive of LGBTQ+ people.

In 2010, his book “Washed and Wag: Reflectns on Christian Fahfulns and Homosexualy, ” articulated an unmon, nuanced approach to Christian sexualy that diverged om the much lour voic on the right and left. In that and other wrgs, he has argued that the evangelil “ex-gay” movement – which views homosexualy as a disorr that n and should be cured wh nversn therapy – is harmful and immoral. The view that he helped popularize – acceptg gay orientatns as neher herently sful nor appropriate for sex and marriage – spawned a mostly onle movement among LGBTQ+ Christians that me to be lled Si B.

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

It offers an alternative to “Si A” Christiany – the more liberal view poed by The Epispal Church and other nomatns that perform same-sex marriag and do not view gay sex as sful. And so later when I was really wrtlg both personally as well as theologilly, I got to some of the nversatns about what is an appropriate Christian way to be gay, to live out one’s sexualy.

A uple of wrers were really important for me – one was Henri Nouwen, and he wasn’t out durg his lifetime, but subsequently, bgraphers unearthed the fact that he had lived a, by all acunts, celibate gay life, and I eply ronated wh a lot of his wrg on spirualy and psychology and lonels particular.

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

But I would say even om progrsive folks who disagree wh me, I mean, certaly not all of them, but a lot of the younger on regnize the plexy of this and many of them are gay themselv. Hill: I mean, I don’t want anyone The Epispal Church to feel threatened by me as if I’m tryg to roll back the clock and make gay people go back the closet or whatever.

I would like there to be at least a regnn we actually do have a lot of clergy who may not be gay themselv, but they’re still mted to the tradnal view. Wayne of the Church of the Epiphany New York Cy preach that homosexuals “mt be accepted fully to the fellowship of the church” while they also mt seek unselg or psychologil treatment. 1967: November Durg a symposium on homosexualy sponsored by the Epispal Dc of New York, Connecticut, Long Island, and Newark, nety Epispalian prits agree that the church should classify homosexualy as “morally ntral” and “ some s…a good thg.

1975: Augt Integry ns to trouble when planng s first natnal meetg Chigo bee the promotnal materials mentn gay marriage, upsettg some lol church lears. The Executive Council of the Epispal Church subsequently urg that homosexuals not be ordaed until the Church as a whole n fe the “posn of homosexuals. Augt Bishop William Frey of Colorado endors a mistry aimed at “nvertg” homosexuals to heterosexualy, which is cricized by many other members of the clergy.

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

They overwhelmgly adopt a theologil statement “that nmns homosexualy as un-Biblil, bars ordatn of homosexuals to the prithood, and forbids prits of the church om blsg homosexual marriag. December A Commtee for Jtice the Epispal Church is formed of about 40 clergymen and lay people to “put prsure on Epispal bishops and puti on the issue of women and homosexuals as prits. 1979: June A report is submted by a natnal missn remendg that homosexuals be allowed to be ordaed if they are “able and willg to nform their behavr to that which the Church affirms as wholome.

The Conventn ultimately pass a rolutn statg that no “practicg homosexual” nor heterosexual person engagg extramaral sex should be ordaed, though homosexuals have “equal claim wh others upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern of the church”. 1982: Undated (Likely June/July) The General Conventn pass a rolutn reaffirmg the actns taken by the 1976 and 1979 Conventns, holdg that “homosexual persons are children of God and are entled to full civil rights. 1984 July Epispal Bishop of New York, a long-time supporter of gay rights, wr an edorial for the New York Tim which he nmns the Salvatn Army and the Roman Catholic Archdce, while praisg the NYC mayor a ntroversy over the employment of homosexuals publicly fund NYC church agenci.