The issue of the place and rights of GLBT people in the Episcopal church continues to simmer and threaten to split the church away from its Anglican roots, but that is not stopping leadership from speaking out and supporting their GLBT breathren. The lastest example came in Chicago.
From the Chicago Tribune: (hat tip to the Washington Blade)
Chicago's new Episcopal bishop and the church's national leader sent a clear message Sunday about where they stand on gay clergy, a smoldering issue that threatens to tear apart the denomination.
Wrapping up a five-day tour in honor of Jeffrey Lee, the new Chicago bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori declared that the American church will not stand alone in its support of gay clergy during an international meeting in July in Lambeth, England.
"Many more [bishops] than you might expect are sympathetic," Jefferts Schori, the presiding Episcopal bishop, told parishioners at St. Nicholas Church in Elk Grove Village. "They are not, however, the loudest voices."
That last point is very important to keep in perspective. The volume of one's voice does not always correspond to their moral authority. I join these Episcopal leaders in believing that is the case in that denomination.
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Hey, that's us! I'm from St Nicholas Episcopal Church. See the church blog for pictures from Katharine's visit, including the presentation of the DVD (empty case, yet to be produced) from our GLTB group that inspired Bishop Katharine's remark... which of course was the one thing that the press took away from the whole shebang.
ReplyDeleteI hope they liked the cake, anyway.
D'oh! http://blog.onebreadonebody.org would help.
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