Religion Judge Vance Day -- who wouldn't marry same-sex couples -- suspended for 3 years

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    Episcopal Church in America isn't even "mainstream" among Anglicans. :dunno:
    From wiki: The Episcopal church has about 1.8M members, about 1/2 of 1% of America and is the 14th-largest denomination. And declining.

    I could be reading it wrong, but I don't think that LBJ was going to sit under the teaching of a lesbian priest. :dunno:
     
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    The story isn't unique, though. The Presbyterian Church in the 1900's split from PC-USA into various denomiations (PCA, OPC, EPC, others) and the PCA over issues similar to the ones in the quote above. Ordination of women, ordination of homosexuals of any gender, etc. The more "progressive" churches steadily lose membership and become less, well, "mainstream". The Methodist Church of 8M members is in the middle of breaking-up decisions over these issues.

    To repeat, I'm not going to say if it's right or biblical or not, but there are still only a very small % of people who will sit under a homosexual priest. To the point that the "mainstream" denominations are splitting when people try to make these changes.
     
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    There maybe an intent here designed to induce the results you see, for progressive to become more mainstream.

    Having government define the mean of a long standing religious institution instead of the church and it followers would seem to carry that intent.
     
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    this made me chuckle...personally I wouldn't sit under any priest
     
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    Would you?
     
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    Like I say, Catholics and Lutherans can take Communion from our church. I think that makes it mainstream.

    In our liturgy we swear allegiance to the Holy Roman Catholic Church.

    Yes, there are a few hard core types that have broken off over this issue. One of them is my cousin's ex husband. A real weirdo.
     
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