From North Dakota-Earlier this month at its general convention in Utah, the U.S. Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly to allow same-sex marriages in the church, a decision that one reverend called a "huge step" for equality.
But the Episcopalian leader in North Dakota, Bishop Michael G. Smith, said in a church newsletter this week that he plans to resist the new policy when it goes into effect Nov. 29.
"I remain unconvinced that God is doing something new by altering the order established in creation," the bishop wrote in a letter Monday. "Therefore, I cannot in good conscience authorize the use of these trial liturgies for the Diocese of North Dakota."
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http://www.inforum.com/news/3803407-head-nd-episcopal-church-says-he-cannot-good-conscience-allow-gay-marriages
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"I remain unconvinced that God is doing something new by altering the order established in creation,"
Two points. 1) Gay people have ALWAYS been in the "order established in creation"! (If you don't like the homosexual orientation, take it up w/ its Creator!), and 2) Re "good conscience": when it comes to MARRIAGE, whose conscience is more important than the (two consenting adults) who want to marry each other?
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