From Milwaukee (viaPA)
The Rev. Amanda Stein was in the middle of preaching a sermon last Sunday when one of her closest friends called and left a message on her cellphone.
The friend and her partner had been issued a marriage license in Dane County, part of the wave of same-sex couples taking that step after a federal judge ruled Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriages unconstitutional. The friend wanted to know if Stein would perform the ceremony.
“I was just thrilled — how could you have such terrific friends and say no to them?” said Stein, an associate pastor at Sun Prairie United Methodist Church. “So it was absolutely a yes. Then some back-of-the-mind questions surfaced.”
Stein’s denomination prohibits pastors from performing same-sex marriages and has defrocked some and put others on trial for doing so.
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http://cumberlink.com/gay-marriage-presents-clergy-with-difficult-situations/article_ffd8a5f4-f287-11e3-81a5-001a4bcf887a.html
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What the WHAT???
"The Rev. Andy Jones, pastor of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Madison, would like to perform same-sex marriages but his denomination does not allow it. The Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, of which Madison Episcopal churches are a part, also prohibits same-sex blessing ceremonies, although other Episcopal dioceses allow them.
“Longtime members of St. Andrew’s — faithful, committed couples — long to have their church community affirm who they are and to have their church bless their relationship,” Jones said. “It pains me that I can’t do that.”"
Diocese of Milwaukee? What's wrong w/ you???
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