Tanzania — Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans spent Thursday locked in discussion about the church's American wing, whose leader is under increasing pressure to reconsider her support for ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.
Leaders of the global Anglican Communion are having a closed six-day meeting and the Episcopal Church - the U.S. branch - is at the top of the agenda. They were discussing U.S. response to a 2004 report by an Anglican panel that called for a moratorium on consecrating gay bishops and blessing same-sex unions.
Supporters of ordaining gays believe the Bible's social justice teachings take precedence over its view of sexuality. However, most Anglicans outside the United States believe gay relationships are sinful, and they are distancing themselves from the U.S. church.
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meadowbreeze (anonymous) says…
Does anyone know the stance of the local church on this issue? The World body has the right to do as it pleases and I'm not Episcopal. But locally the attitudes of a congregation can affect friends and neighbors and create a climate of acceptance or estrangement.