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(TECOPA) TEC Task Force on Study of Marriage reports on its continued work

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

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3 comments on “(TECOPA) TEC Task Force on Study of Marriage reports on its continued work”

  1. hoggy says:
    April 8, 2014 at 9:14 am

    We should remember that the archbishop has made his views on same-gender marriage clear. In an address to the House of Lords he reiterated, as he did in the radio interview most recently that marriage is a sacred institution reserved for heterosexuals. In fact, in this most recent interview the Guardian wrote that the archbishop did not want LGBT people to be treated with any greater severity than adulterous heterosexuals are treated. The core idea here if anyone cares to look closely is that same-gender relationships are sinful.

  2. Ralph says:
    April 8, 2014 at 5:40 pm

    And, we should remember that the canons of TEC, and the BCP, explicitly define marriage as between man and woman. Any bishop who authorizes same-sex marriage is violating his ordination vows, as is any clergyman who performs such a ceremony.

  3. Katherine says:
    April 8, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    This task force is not going to redefine marriage, oh no, but it is concerned to provide a way forward for clergy in states which now allow civil same-sex marriage to preside over those ceremonies. There’s no contradiction, oh no.