Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Supreme Court cases prelude to marriage debate at General Convention

From ENS-

Episcopalians who followed the April 28 U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments on whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to be married were no doubt looking ahead to the implications of the court’s eventual ruling for this summer’s General Convention.

The Episcopal Church officially has advocated for equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in both the civil and ecclesial arenas for years. However, it was not until 2012 that the General Convention voted to consider anew the church’s theology of marriage, and LGBT Episcopalians’ access to the sacramental rite.


More here-

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2015/04/28/supreme-court-cases-prelude-to-marriage-debates-at-convention/

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