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Offline Chris_

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LA Episcopal leaders nominate two gays as bishops
« on: August 03, 2009, 12:32:16 PM »
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LA Episcopal leaders nominate two gays as bishops

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Episcopal Church leaders in Los Angeles on Sunday nominated an openly gay priest and an openly lesbian priest as bishops in a move sure to ratchet up tensions in the global Anglican Communion.

The move follows an announcement on Saturday by the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota of three candidates identified to become the Bishop of Minnesota, including a partnered lesbian priest in Chicago.

The nominations come just weeks after the 2 million-member Episcopal Church, the U.S. branch of Anglicanism, lifted a de facto ban on the consecration of gay bishops.

That was regarded in some quarters as a "ceasefire" between liberal and conservative factions in the Episcopal Church and the wider 80-million member global Anglican Communion.

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I don't understand how they can justify this.

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. (NKJ, Leviticus 18:22)


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Re: LA Episcopal leaders nominate two gays as bishops
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2009, 02:43:54 PM »
Epic FAIL.
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Re: LA Episcopal leaders nominate two gays as bishops
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2009, 03:16:32 PM »
And this is exactly why there is a deepening chasm within the Episcopal Church. Their acceptance of a gay Bishop turned me away from them.
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Re: LA Episcopal leaders nominate two gays as bishops
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 03:46:24 PM »
Quote from: Thor on August 03, 2009, 03:16:32 PM
And this is exactly why there is a deepening chasm within the Episcopal Church. Their acceptance of a gay Bishop turned me away from them.

Are you sure that you want to turn your backside to that gay priest? :innocent:
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Re: LA Episcopal leaders nominate two gays as bishops
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 09:03:56 PM »
Quote from: Thor on August 03, 2009, 03:16:32 PM
And this is exactly why there is a deepening chasm within the Episcopal Church. Their acceptance of a gay Bishop turned me away from them.

Me too....and I was raised Episcopalian.

This was the final straw towards my decision to become a Catholic.
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