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Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches
Associated Press via Yahoo! News ^ | July 1, 2015 | BRADY McCOMBS and RACHEL ZOLL

Posted on 07/01/2015 6:55:39 PM PDT by goodwithagun

Episcopalians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, solidifying the church's embrace of gay rights that began more than a decade ago with the pioneering election of the first openly gay bishop.

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Lovely.
1 posted on 07/01/2015 6:55:39 PM PDT by goodwithagun
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To: goodwithagun

Then they are done as effective witnesses for Christ. They have become apostate.


2 posted on 07/01/2015 6:56:12 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: goodwithagun

Coming soon to a Catholic Parish near you (unfortunately).
It is a Hobson’s Choice situation, where there is no fully good choice.


3 posted on 07/01/2015 6:58:02 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: goodwithagun

I thought they already did this.


4 posted on 07/01/2015 6:58:44 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (1 of 172)
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To: ealgeone

Don’t they already have a bunch of lesbian “priests?”


5 posted on 07/01/2015 6:58:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: goodwithagun

Allow? I’m surprised it isn’t required.


6 posted on 07/01/2015 6:59:24 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: goodwithagun

Gays should be encouraged to join and leave the rest alone.

In a few years they’ll be worshiping a phallic symbol, the last of the true believers in God will find new homes in other churches.


7 posted on 07/01/2015 6:59:57 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: ealgeone

They have been apostate for some time now. And the ELCA in full communion with them.


8 posted on 07/01/2015 7:00:14 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: BenLurkin

Not sure. But what I have noticed is that denominations that allow women pastors tend to be liberal. Imagine.


9 posted on 07/01/2015 7:00:40 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

Wow!

The Christians in Name Only probably outnumber the Real Church by 100 to 1!

I think Judgement is right around the corner.


10 posted on 07/01/2015 7:01:56 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (The Sun Never Sets on Liberal Idiocy)
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To: lee martell

Nope, never, unless it it by some renegade priest, and it would be invalid anyway. The Church has definitively ruled it out over and over again. The Catholic Church will be the last one standing on this, if the Lord don’t come before then.


11 posted on 07/01/2015 7:02:34 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: goodwithagun

This is indicative of the “Christian” world, and the world’s perception of Christianity. Satan was unable to destroy Christianity, so he did the next best thing. He flooded the world with counterfeits.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 7:04:02 PM PDT by LouAvul (Liberalism: much more than just a mental illness)
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To: ealgeone

Thank you, that says it all, perfectly.


13 posted on 07/01/2015 7:04:17 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: goodwithagun

I grew up Episcopalian but I haven’t been inside the Church in almost 30 years and now never. That last Presiding Bishop, the woman, did it for me. She was so Left it was revolting.

In my opinion the church’s embracing the Gay Marriage stand are certainly going to lose a number of members that do not believe in that and vehemently oppose it. That goes for all church’s that do this.


14 posted on 07/01/2015 7:04:33 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Tell you what....we’re certainly seem to be in the birth pangs don’t we?


15 posted on 07/01/2015 7:06:21 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

We’ve been in the birth pang phase for decades IMHO.
One day very soon this will happen:

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

1Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.


16 posted on 07/01/2015 7:10:08 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (The Sun Never Sets on Liberal Idiocy)
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To: lee martell

No its not.

I know and know of priests who are willing to die and will do so happily before ever marrying homosexuals.


17 posted on 07/01/2015 7:10:31 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: goodwithagun

By the way the main reason that many churches will allow Gay Marriage will be to keep their Tax Exempt Status.


18 posted on 07/01/2015 7:11:39 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: fidelis

Nope, never, unless it it by some renegade priest, and it would be invalid anyway.

It wouldn’t be invalid until the renegade priest’s boss says so...in other words, the Church structure would have to act on it, and based on their laissez-faire attitude to the excesses of Vatican II implementation, who knows what would happen...


19 posted on 07/01/2015 7:13:07 PM PDT by IrishBrigade (build)
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To: ealgeone

Did Jesus have any words on being gay?


20 posted on 07/01/2015 7:14:10 PM PDT by Chatlee
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