{"id":16568,"date":"2009-12-08T18:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T18:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/election_of_partnered_lesbian_episcopal_bishop_welcomed_by_some_deplored_by\/"},"modified":"2009-12-08T18:59:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T18:59:59","slug":"election_of_partnered_lesbian_episcopal_bishop_welcomed_by_some_deplored_by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=16568","title":{"rendered":"Election of partnered lesbian Episcopal bishop welcomed by some, deplored by others in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Mary Glasspool, 55, became the first openly partnered lesbian to be elected as an assistant bishop in the church, a move that continues to press a worldwide debate over how to reconcile homosexuality with Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ought not be surprised when gay and lesbian Christians are elected to leadership roles in a church that believes in the inclusive love of God,&#8221; the Right Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, bishop of the Ohio Diocese, said in a prepared statement following Glasspool&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>Hollingsworth was instrumental in adopting a gay-friendly resolution at the church&#8217;s international convention last July. The resolution effectively lifted a moratorium on electing openly gay bishops.<\/p>\n<p>The moratorium was put in place following the election in 2003 of an openly gay, partnered man, Gene Robinson, as a bishop in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/religion\/index.ssf\/2009\/12\/election_of_gay_episcopal_bish.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Mary Glasspool, 55, became the first openly partnered lesbian to be elected as an assistant bishop in the church, a move that continues to press a worldwide debate over how to reconcile homosexuality with Christianity. &#8220;We ought not<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=16568\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,66,378,514,79,372,376,652],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-general-convention","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-tec-bishops","category-tec-conflicts","category-tec-conflicts-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}