Posted on 07/28/2022 6:58:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bishop Thomas Brown's spouse, Thomas Mousin, will be allowed to attend worship and the other public events. While he's saddened by the conference's decision, Mousin hopes his presence leads to conversations.
The Anglican church’s global conference is inviting gay and lesbian bishops for the first time, but is drawing the line at inviting their spouses, a decision that directly affects the Episcopal Bishop of Maine, one of only a few openly gay bishops in the Anglican Communion.
Thomas Brown, leader the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, is traveling to Canterbury, England, on Wednesday with his spouse, Thomas Mousin, for the fifteenth Lambeth Conference. Mousin, the rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Portland, won’t be allowed entry to events on the “the spouses’ programme,” including a retreat, bible studies, seminars and meetings with the other spouses.
Brown, who became the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine in 2019, said his spouse was “expressly disinvited.” Mousin, who will be allowed to attend worship and the other public events, said that while he’s saddened by the conference’s decision, he hopes his presence leads to conversations.
“The fact that I am physically going there is, for me, an important part as much as any conversation,” Mousin said. “Often, this subject gets debated at theoretical levels … as people end up meeting persons and not just thinking about this subject, they find that their hearts and minds are changed.”
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has previously said he’s “personally conservative” on the issue of marriage equality, according to the Episcopal News Service.
“I am equally convinced that it may be that I am wrong. I think that part of Anglican theology is always an assumption (and) that we need to go on listening,” he said at a 2019 news conference. “I find myself......
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It ain’t his husband.
Why I am no longer an Episcopalian, despite having been raised in that Church and having been very active before this romance with sodomites and lesbians became a “thing”.
His Husband? This does not compute.
Little misprint there. Corrected it.
Just keepin' it Holy aren't they?
Drama with the fag churches again
By holy to you mean holey?
Lol!
If you’re gay why not get into another line of work instead of being a Christian religious leader.
I miss the days when “his husband” was an oxymoron and/or a grammar error.
I hope it’s an ambush and he finds himself defrocked.
....“I am equally convinced that it may be that I am wrong
Come on, you are a bishop. You studied and understand scripture and have the guidance of the holy spirit and you are called by God to lead and protect the flock and you are not sure about marriage being between a man and a woman?
Me also.
Final straw for me was the recent affirmation of support for abortion up to the moment of birth.
Maybe he misplaced his "Magic Eight Ball."
Regards,
Keepin' it holey.
I hope you got out before they started ordaining dykes.
Their line of work IS exactly infiltrating and attacking otherwise conservative organizations from the inside.
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