“Plaintiffs’ complaint is bereft of allegations that any student, either one of their own children or any other, has ever been punished or threatened with punishment under the Challenged Policies for expressing dissent or disapproval of another student’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”
The Diocese of Maryland said in an email to its members that it is “entirely possible” and “probable” restrictions will continue through Christmas unless the COVID-19 positivity rate and hospitalization rate decrease. And when restrictions are eased, the diocese said, there still may be a cap on the number of the people who can gather in-person, regardless of what Maryland’s capacity might be set at.
The bishop “inexplicably delayed in advising the Standing Committee of other formal complaints about the same clergy member” and did not share relevant information in a timely manner with the committee and a canonical investigator looking into the case.
Some of those charged told Reuters they had been stigmatized as a result of the raid and a televised news conference held by police in which they were identified the day after their arrest in 2018. Another of the men said the striking out of the case would not help him to be reconciled with his family who had rejected him over the matter.
If she is successful in the state-senate elections on Tuesday she will remain minister of the church, and also be the first openly lesbian state senator in Georgia.
“Kindness and compassion are sorely needed in society right now,” Bishop Fisher said.
In Stowe church, homosexuality and homosexual practice were generally perceived as deviant and wrong, so Farquhar could not be honest about his emotional relationship with Field.
We pray for this nation that is deeply divided. May we come together for the common good and do as you have called us to do – to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you through creation.
Under the Accord, Bishop Love will resign as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Albany effective February 1, 2021, following a terminal sabbatical to begin on January 1, 2021. The Presiding Bishop’s Restriction on Bishop Love’s Ministry will remain in effect until February 1, 2021.
“They’re children of God and have a right to a family,” the pope said. “Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.”