{"id":16710,"date":"2009-12-15T19:04:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/greenville_news_new_bishop-elect_for_upper_s-c-_episcopalians\/"},"modified":"2009-12-15T19:04:29","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T19:04:29","slug":"greenville_news_new_bishop-elect_for_upper_s-c-_episcopalians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=16710","title":{"rendered":"Greenville News: New bishop-elect for Upper S.C. Episcopalians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the essays [The Rev. W. Andrew] Waldo wrote in response to Bishop Search Committee questions dealt with the blessing of same-gender relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Waldo wrote that his congregation in Minnesota encompasses a broad diversity of opinion on the topic. Some members are same-gender couples and others are firmly against the blessings, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Waldo wrote that \u201cwe can not act unilaterally, and I would not therefore sanction such blessings in the Diocese until we have, through the General Convention, reached a decision.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, he said, \u201cI have always believed that it is more important that we stand together around the altar, taking in the body and blood of Christ as brothers and sisters, than it is to win the argument.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/article\/20091214\/NEWS\/912140309\/-1\/PCN\/New-bishop-for-Upper-S.C.-Episcopalians\">Read the whole article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the essays [The Rev. W. Andrew] Waldo wrote in response to Bishop Search Committee questions dealt with the blessing of same-gender relationships. Waldo wrote that his congregation in Minnesota encompasses a broad diversity of opinion on the topic.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=16710\">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":[36,54,66,514,79,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-south-carolina","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-tec-bishops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710","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=16710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}