Episcopalians Reject Ban on LGBT Bishops

Clergy and lay delegates in the Episcopalian House of Deputies today rejected a proposed ban on LGBT bishops that was being urged by other churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion. This will likely kill the measure, at least for this year’s General Convention.

The Episcopalians’ newly elected Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, said yesterday she believed homosexuality was not a sin, and that “Some people come into this world with affections ordered toward other people of the same gender and some people come into this world with affections directed at people of the other gender.”

I’m not Episcopalian myself, but give them kudos for moving in a welcoming direction, even at the risk of dissention in their ranks.

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2 Responses to “Episcopalians Reject Ban on LGBT Bishops”

1. 
   Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Presbyterians Allow Local Churches to Decide on LGBT Clergy
   on Jun 21st, 2006
   @ 3:21 am: 

   [...] Following the Episcopalians’ decision to permit LGBT bishops, the Presbyterian Church U. S. A. approved a measure allowing local churches to decide on the fitness of an individual to be ordained or serve as a lay official, even if the issue of sexual orientation arises. The measure does not, however, revoke a church law that says clergy, lay elders and deacons must limit sexual relations to marriage. [...]

2. 
   Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Weekly Political Roundup
   on Jun 23rd, 2006
   @ 4:36 pm: 

   [...] A relatively slow week for pure political news, though the decisions by the Episcopalian and Presbyterian churches have political dimensions. [...]