Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church of the United States - Friend or Foe?
FRIEND!
In a Dec. 15 article in the Los Angeles Times, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church of the United States stood by her position that gay people are welcomed in the church, that partnered lesbian and gay men can be ordained by the church and that the church can sanction same-sex civil unions. This despite increasing pressure from hundreds of conservative congregations breaking off from the ECUS to form their own North American church.
Jefferts Schori said the schism seen within the church now is reminiscent of past struggles over slavery and women serving in leadership roles.
"The place of gay and lesbian people in the church is the latest expression of the ancient human struggle over who is 'the other,'" Jefferts Schori said.
By not buckling to the demands of the growing number of congregations and dioceses upset over the issue of homosexuality, Jefferts Schori is a hero for gay civil rights — and for causes that are just as important as the fight for the right to love.
"In most of the rest of the church, people are moving on with feeding the hungry, providing housing for low-income people and doing creative things to build what we call the reign of God in their own communities," she said. See here.
In a Dec. 15 article in the Los Angeles Times, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church of the United States stood by her position that gay people are welcomed in the church, that partnered lesbian and gay men can be ordained by the church and that the church can sanction same-sex civil unions. This despite increasing pressure from hundreds of conservative congregations breaking off from the ECUS to form their own North American church.
Jefferts Schori said the schism seen within the church now is reminiscent of past struggles over slavery and women serving in leadership roles.
"The place of gay and lesbian people in the church is the latest expression of the ancient human struggle over who is 'the other,'" Jefferts Schori said.
By not buckling to the demands of the growing number of congregations and dioceses upset over the issue of homosexuality, Jefferts Schori is a hero for gay civil rights — and for causes that are just as important as the fight for the right to love.
"In most of the rest of the church, people are moving on with feeding the hungry, providing housing for low-income people and doing creative things to build what we call the reign of God in their own communities," she said. See here.
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12/19/2008 12:09:00 PM
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