{"id":26664,"date":"2011-06-11T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/episcopal_diocese_of_san_joaquin_giving_blessings_for_same-sex_couples\/"},"modified":"2011-06-11T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:29:12","slug":"episcopal_diocese_of_san_joaquin_giving_blessings_for_same-sex_couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=26664","title":{"rendered":"(Modesto Bee) Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin Priests giving blessings for same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning Sunday, Episcopal priests in the San Joaquin Diocese can &#8220;perform blessings of same gender civil marriages, domestic partnerships and relationships which are lifelong committed relationships characterized by fidelity, monogamy&#8221; and &#8220;holy love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The change doesn&#8217;t mean Episcopal priests will begin marrying same-sex couples, Bishop Chester Talton said. Such marriages are forbidden by state law, although that is under review by the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Talton said, &#8220;what is being authorized is a blessing of relationships, which we&#8217;ve chosen to call sacred unions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modbee.com\/2011\/06\/10\/1727714\/episcopal-churches-open-doors.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning Sunday, Episcopal priests in the San Joaquin Diocese can &#8220;perform blessings of same gender civil marriages, domestic partnerships and relationships which are lifelong committed relationships characterized by fidelity, monogamy&#8221; and &#8220;holy love.&#8221; The change doesn&#8217;t mean Episcopal priests will<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=26664\">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":[36,48,39,576,66,183,435,184,112,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-civil-unions-partnerships","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-liturgy-music-worship","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry","category-sexuality","category-tec-bishops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26664","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=26664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}