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11.16.2009 10:31am EST
The Columbus Dispatch reported last week that gay Episcopalians in central and southern Ohio will be able to marry in churches beginning Easter 2010.
Bishop Thomas E. Breidenthal of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio announced at the 135th diocesean convention that he would lift the prohibition of same-sex unions in the church.The diocese includes about 25,000 Episcopalians in more than 80 churches.
Right Rev. Breidenthal put conservatives at ease by assuring them that no priest will be required to perform the same-sex blessing.
The General Convention this past summer approved openly gay bishops to serve in the Episcopal church.
This Church is a great alternative for Catholic Homosexuals who have been discriminated against by the Catholic Church…
Praise God!
@ StraightandProud–if you’re so godly, can you explain why you’re trolling a gay website? And these three points: first, your hellfire language shows that you’re no Episcopalian; second, your quotes–your kind consistently do this–your quotes are Old Testament; and third, if you believe so much in the Old Testament, you have not accepted Christ and are in fact a de facto Orthodox Jew. I don’t see many Orthodox Jews spending their days going on gay-hating adventures, so it looks like they won’t claim your confused self either. How’s about you go check your apocrypha and study the meaning of STFU. Blessed be.
Congratulations to my downstate Episcopalians!
By opening the door to same-sex married couples, it is clear the Episcopal Church is responding to Jesus command to bring all people unto Him.
as Wayne said, Jesus commanded to bring all people unto him. He visited the sinners (which is all of us) and preached repentance to them so the COULD come to him. He never said come just as you are, commit whatever sin you like and I’ll still accept you. He said come, I love you, I want you to be happy, and in order to do that you need to repent of your sins. It seems to me Bishop Thomas E. Breidenthal is ignoring Christ’s teachings. God loves sinners–but He has never accepted sin.