{"id":33491,"date":"2012-07-10T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ens_bishops_vote_to_approve_resources_for_same-gender_blessings\/"},"modified":"2012-07-10T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T14:30:24","slug":"ens_bishops_vote_to_approve_resources_for_same-gender_blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=33491","title":{"rendered":"(ENS) Bishops vote to approve resources for same-gender blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop John Bauerschmidt of Tennessee  requested the roll call vote before urging bishops to defeat the resolution. \u201cIt is reasonable to believe that vowed fidelity that is exclusive and lifelong to one other person is predicated on sexual difference,\u201d\u009d he said. \u201cThis liturgy that is proposed does not have the basis in scripture, tradition or reason for us to authorize its use.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The resource would authorize the liturgy for provisional use and call upon the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) to conduct a review process over the next triennium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will mean different things in different locales,\u201d\u009d Bishop Thomas Ely of Vermont said when discussing the resolution. \u201cThere is a place in this process for every Episcopalian regardless of their level of support for the material. Read it. Reflect upon it. Use it, but please don\u2019t ignore it.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/episcopaldigitalnetwork.com\/ens\/2012\/07\/09\/bishops-vote-to-approve-resources-for-same-gender-blessings\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop John Bauerschmidt of Tennessee requested the roll call vote before urging bishops to defeat the resolution. \u201cIt is reasonable to believe that vowed fidelity that is exclusive and lifelong to one other person is predicated on sexual difference,\u201d\u009d he<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=33491\">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":[36,48,39,661,175,66,168,378,183,98,177,514,79,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-gen-con-2012","category-anthropology","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-general-convention","category-liturgy-music-worship","category-marriage-family","category-pastoral-theology","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491","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=33491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}