[Lambeth Palace -- Press Release] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby gave the following speech on the first day of a two-day peers’ debate on UK government proposals to allow same-sex marriages. My Lords, this Bill has arrived in your Lordship’s House at great speed. The initial Proposals, when published at the end of the autumn, [...]
Minnesota bishop sets process for same-sex marriage
Response comes on day governor signs new law
| May 15, 2013 8 Comments |
[Episcopal News Service] Some Episcopal Church congregations in the Diocese of Minnesota will decide to marry same-sex couples when a new state law goes into effect in August and some will not, and Bishop Brian Prior says that difference “represents the diversity and the comprehensive nature of who we are as Episcopalians and Anglicans.” Writing [...]
Delaware, Rhode Island bishops welcome same-sex marriage laws
| May 9, 2013 27 Comments |
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church bishops of Rhode Island and Delaware both were active supporters of the legislative processes that led to those two states becoming the 10th and 11th states to allow same-sex marriage, and now they are working with their dioceses to respond to the changes in state law. Rhode Island Gov. [...]
New Zealand court hears discrimination charge against bishop
| May 8, 2013 4 Comments |
[Anglican Taonga] Testimony before the New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal is due to end this week over a charge that Bishop of Auckland Ross Bay has discriminated against a gay man who wants to become a priest. Eugene Sisneros, an events coordinator at St. Matthew-in-the-City, was refused entry to the diocesan ordination training program [...]
National Cathedral rallies for marriage equality at the Supreme Court
| March 26, 2013 3 Comments |
[Washington National Cathedral] The Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of Washington National Cathedral, spoke out today in favor of same-sex marriage rights as the Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments on the cases disputing California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, which address whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans should have [...]
Bishops sign amici curiae briefs in support of civil marriage equality
Unanimous support for Proposition 8 brief and virtually unanimous support for DOMA brief
| February 28, 2013 21 Comments |
[Episcopal Diocese of California] More than two dozen bishops of the Episcopal Church have filed two briefs in U.S. Supreme Court supporting civil marriage equality for same-sex couples. At the invitation of the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, bishop of the Diocese of California and Christopher J. Hayes, chancellor of the diocese, bishops across the Episcopal [...]
Task force on the Study of Marriage appointed
| February 14, 2013 2 Comments |
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have announced the 12 members of the church’s new Task Force on the Study of Marriage. Approved at the 77th General Convention in July 2012, Resolution A050 called for the [...]
Church of England briefs parliament on same-sex marriage bill
| February 1, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Church of England Press Release] The Church of England’s Parliamentary Office has provided a briefing note to MPs on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill and the Church of England prior to the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons on February 5. The briefing sets out why the Church of England cannot support [...]
Bishop Knisely’s statement on marriage equality in Rhode Island
| January 19, 2013 13 Comments |
[Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island] A statement by Bishop Knisely, sent this morning to all active Episcopal clergy in Rhode Island, with a cover letter that reiterates: “As your Bishop I respect and honor your right to disagree with me. A key part of what it means to be a member of the Episcopal Church is [...]
Washington National Cathedral to celebrate same-sex weddings
Iconic church to begin use of new Episcopal rite
| January 9, 2013 4 Comments |
[Washington National Cathedral] The Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of Washington National Cathedral, has announced that, effective immediately, same-sex weddings may be celebrated at the Cathedral. “Washington National Cathedral has a long history of advancing equality for people of all faiths and perspectives,” said Hall. “The Cathedral is called to serve as a gathering place [...]
