From Tennessee-The Episcopal bishop in Middle Tennessee does not allow priests to officiate same-sex weddings even if they want to, but supporters are trying to change that.
They want a resolution passed at this week's Annual Convention for the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee that urges the national church to let clergy make their own decisions on whether or not to marry gay and lesbian couples in their parishes.
"What we want is for each priest to be able to follow his or her conscience," said Connally Davies Penley, an advisory board member for St. Augustine's Chapel in Nashville.
The chapel's board and the vestries of four parishes in Nashville and Sewanee proposed the nonbinding resolution. It is among those being considered during the Annual Convention, which meets Friday and Saturday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Murfreesboro.
If passed, the resolution will be sent to the General Convention, the governing body of the church, that meets in July in Austin, Texas.
More here-
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2018/01/19/episcopal-group-wants-priests-have-say-officiating-same-sex-weddings-middle-tennessee/1045488001/
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