Binding and loosing have come up several times lately in the comments and on Facebook, in this 2003 article, New Testament scholar Mark Allen Powell explores the concept in Matthew’s gospel and its potential application oin debates around marriage equality.
Archbishop Philip Freier: “It might be time to make sanctioning legal marriage a matter purely for the state.”
The resolution calls for provision to be made for same sex couples who wish to be married even if the bishop and diocese are opposed.
At the Magazine this month we’re telling stories and reflecting on General Convention. In the wake of the Supreme Court and GC’s acceptance of marriage equality, John Gillespie explores the biblical texts and the thin thread on which opposition to GLBTQ rights rests.
The 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, in passing Resolutions A036 and A054, has made a significant change in the Church’s understanding of Christian marriage. As bishops of the Church, we must dissent from these actions.
The House of Bishops on Monday approved two liturgies for trial use that will permit same-sex couples to be married in the Episcopal Church, beginning on the first Sunday of Advent of this year. Their action came just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can now be married in all 50 states.
YouTube has created a compilation video drawn from videos posted to YouTube by GLBT YouTubers as part of the #ProudToLove campaign.
UPDATED: President Obama on the Court ruling Statement by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Love is
A storm was brewing over York Minster this weekend as a local vicar took to the airwaves to criticize his colleague, Canon Michael Smith, for
The Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church today instructed the Church’s Faith and Order Board to begin the two year process which may lead towards canonical change. Same gendered couples could possibly be married in the Church starting in late 2017.