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Mary Glasspool Is Second Gay Bishop Elected At LA Episcopal Church

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER and RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 12.06.2009 | Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES — The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglica...

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Memo to Rome: Some of Us Like the Reformation

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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The Anglicans that the Vatican probably comes into the most (perhaps sole) contact with seem to wish they were Roman Catholic.

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The "Generosity" of Pope Benedict XVI

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | 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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A Tough Call for Conservative Anglicans: Openly Gay Clergy, or Closeted Pedophiles?

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Now all those disgruntled Episcopalians have a choice to make: stay on the team that accepts openly gay priests, or bolt for another team run by closeted homosexual pedophiles. It's a tough call.

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Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union of its mayor, E. Denise Simmons, and her lifetime partner, Mattie Hayes.

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3 Gay Priests On Short List For Episcopal Bishop Posts

CNN | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home

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Episcopal churches in California and Minnesota moved toward appointing gay bishops over the weekend, less than a month after the denomination lifted a...

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Episcopal Church Nominates 2 Openly Gay Priests As Bishops

AP | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics

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LOS ANGELES — An openly gay priest and an openly lesbian priest are among six nominees for assistant bishop positions in the Episcopal Church's ...

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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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Why Bill Clinton Told Me He Supported Same-Sex Marriage (AUDIO)

Michael Tracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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We now have an American president for the first time publicly acknowledging his support for same sex-marriage, which even a few short years ago would have been unthinkable.

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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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Episcopal Church Moves To End Ban On Gay Bishops

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Episcopalians declared gays and lesbians eligible for "any ordained ministry" Tuesday, a vote expected to upset world Anglican leader...

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Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

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Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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Episcopal Church Ousts 61 Clergy In Gay Bishop Dispute

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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FRESNO, Calif. — National leaders of the Episcopal Church have ousted 61 clergy who aligned with a former bishop in California when he broke wit...

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Conservatives Form Rival Group To Episcopal Church

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of U.S. Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province ...

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Catholic Priest Defies Church Over Antigay Ballot Initiative

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Farrow said he thinks he will now be suspended, which means he won't be able to function as a priest -- and the Church will call for him to reverse himself and publicly apologize.

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Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

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As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

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Episcopal Diocese Votes To Secede Over Gay Ordinations

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The conservative Diocese of San Joaquin voted Saturday to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, becoming the first full diocese to secede f...

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