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Archbishop of Canterbury Criticises Election of Lesbian Bishop

timesonline.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill | Posted 03.19.2010 | Religion

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The Archbishop of Canterbury's office yesterday described the election of an openly lesbian bishop in the United States as "regrettable" and warned th...

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Lesbian Bishop-Elect Clears Crucial Hurdle

BeliefNet.com | Daniel Burke | Posted 03.12.2010 | Religion

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A majority of dioceses in the Episcopal Church have confirmed the election of an open lesbian as a bishop in Los Angeles, bringing Bishop-elect Mary G...

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U.K. Lifts Ban On Gay Ceremonies In Churches

BBC News | Posted 03.04.2010 | Religion

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The House of Lords has agreed to an amendment to the U.K. Equality Bill, which would lift the ban on same sex couples holding civil partnership ceremo...

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The Pope and the Anglicans

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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If the Pope's followers want to make a home for other people who don't much care for gays and believe that women should be treated differently from men, they may want to reach out to the Taliban.

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So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 03.18.2010 | Comedy

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In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).

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The "Generosity" of Pope Benedict XVI

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living

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Pope Benedict XVI has opened the door of the Roman Catholic Church to those in the Anglican Communion who are disaffected over issues of ordaining gays and women and same-sex marriage.

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Kenya: Anglicans Reject Pope's Offer To Join Catholic Church

BBC NEWS | Posted 03.18.2010 | World

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The head of Kenya's Anglican Church, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, has rejected the Pope's offer to allow disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Chur...

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Anglican Church: LGBT Recognition Raises Possibility Of 'Two Track' Structure

AP | MEERA SELVA | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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LONDON — The worldwide Anglican Communion may have to accept a "two track" system in which churches can hold different opinions about gay clergy...

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The Episcopalian Gay Revolution

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Is there a significant market for an enlightened, modern Christianity that focuses on loving, rather than loathing one's neighbors?

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The Episcopal Clergy Vote is an Important One for Gays

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Once all Mainline Protestant churches start approving of gay marriage it will be very difficult for politicians and anti-marriage advocates to make a religious argument against it.

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Let the Episcopal Church say Amen

Irene Monroe | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

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The conservative arm of the Episcopal Church suggests that the openly-gay Bishop of New Hampshire, Rev. Robinson, should resign to avoid disintegration of the Anglican Communion

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Bishops Discuss More Than Sex -- Imagine That!

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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230 conservative bishops have boycotted the Lambeth Conference. Which leave 600 or so who actually want to be together, who may actually be willing to find a way out of this morass.

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