More than 30 deputies stood in silent protest July 12 of the Episcopal Church’s provisional rite for blessing same-sex couples. After the Rev. Canon Neal Michell read The Indianapolis Statement to the House of Deputies, about three dozen deputies rose in solidarity.
Signed by 14 current and retired bishops, the statement says the rite is for all practical purposes a wedding service and contradicts biblical theology and the Book of Common Prayer. The statement also reaffirms the dissenting bishops’ commitment to gay and lesbian Christians, to their dioceses, and “to the Anglican Communion of which the Episcopal Church is a constituent member, and to the historic See of Canterbury with whom we are in communion.”
For those ofmyoumwhomhave never been to GC, that took a lot of courage. I salute them.
WOW! That is indeed taking a courageous stance. God bless those deputies!
As one of the thirty who stood up at that moment, the saddest thing was to see how tiny a minority we had become in the House of Deputies, and presumably in the church at large. Sadness is my main emotion after this General Convention.
God bless you, Bill Cavanaugh! I realize that some are very happy that things are going their way but I agree with you- sadness is indeed my main emotion after this convention. I think I am beginning to understand how my parents felt decades ago.