Comments on: Colorado Episcopal Church Ordains Lesbian http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/01/10/7919 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: toujoursdan http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/01/10/7919/comment-page-1#comment-30439 toujoursdan Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:41:04 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=7919#comment-30439 I am a bit confused. The issue spliting the TEC was the ordination of non-celibate gay bishops, not priests. I have attended the ordination of several openly gay priests in the Diocese of New York and Long Island over the past year and have never seen this issue come up on the Episcopal blogs. Perhaps the Dio of CO had a local provision in place, but that certainly isn't a national policy. The canons specifically allow for the ordination of gay priests and the last General Convention resolution talked about a period of restaint for the election of bishops only. Methinks an AP reporter is a bit confused. I am a bit confused. The issue spliting the TEC was the ordination of non-celibate gay bishops, not priests. I have attended the ordination of several openly gay priests in the Diocese of New York and Long Island over the past year and have never seen this issue come up on the Episcopal blogs.

Perhaps the Dio of CO had a local provision in place, but that certainly isn’t a national policy. The canons specifically allow for the ordination of gay priests and the last General Convention resolution talked about a period of restaint for the election of bishops only.

Methinks an AP reporter is a bit confused.

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