Wh an timated 2.3 ln members, the Epispal Church is open and welg of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny.
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- EPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALYEPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALY
- EPISPALIANS RISK SPL OVER GAYS
EPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALYEPISPAL CHURCH SPLS OVER GAY EQUALY
Conservativ alienated over the ordatn of an openly gay bishop said they would create a rival nomatn. * episcopal church splits over gay equality *
SocietyFeatureDecember 29, 2008Epispal Church Spls Over Gay EqualyThe Epispal Church’s promotn of an openly gay clergyman has created a ser rift wh the relig muny, threateng the future of the nomatn. Gene Robson, the first openly gay Bishop the Epispal church, has been given the honor of kickg off Obama’s guratn wh a prayer. Rick Warren to give the gural nvotn speech has prompted an outcry om progrsiv and gay activists, all of whom who have nounced Warren’s antigay rhetoric and role the passage of Proposn 8.
EPISPALIANS RISK SPL OVER GAYS
After Gene Robson, an openly gay man wh a longterm partner, was elected Bishop of New Hampshire 2003, Anglin bishops om all over the world quickly cried the move. Some aligned themselv wh the Anglin Church of Nigeria and s outspoken homophobic lear, Archbishop Peter Akola.