The majory of the Amerin Epispal Church (93 dc) already allows gay marriage their church. This vote affects eight dc that did not allow for relig ceremoni to be nducted si their sanctuari.
Contents:
- EPISPAL BISHOP FACG FIGHT OVER ELECTN PROMIS TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF NSECRATED
- ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
- Q&A: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE EPISPAL CHURCH
EPISPAL BISHOP FACG FIGHT OVER ELECTN PROMIS TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF NSECRATED
Wh an timated 2.3 ln members, the Epispal Church is open and welg of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny. * episcopal church statement on gay marriage *
Unlike the Worldwi Anglin Communn, of which is a part, the Epispal Church do not nmn homosexualy.
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.
ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
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. * episcopal church statement on gay marriage *
However, the church had already nsecrated s first openly gay bishop 2003.
Max Ludo, who prevly exprsed anti-gay views, has revealed a rift the church, wh some sayg the move was a slap the face to LGBTQ Epispalians. “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.
Q&A: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE EPISPAL CHURCH
The nstutns and nons of some dc still officially ban gay clergy – unls celibate – and same-sex marriag, cludg Albany, Dallas and Central Florida.