[NYer]

Seems to me you have more in common with the Catholic Church. Please excuse my ignorance on this, as I am neither an Episcopalian nor an Anglican, but, wouldn't a change in apostolic teaching be a rejection of sacred scripture?

The document issued by the Catholic Church clearly spells out the scriptural references for the institution of marriage and the rejection of homosexual unions. Here are some extracts:

In the first place, man, the image of God, was created "male and female" (Gen 1:27). Men and women are equal as persons and complementary as male and female. Sexuality is something that pertains to the physical-biological realm and has also been raised to a new level — the personal level — where nature and spirit are united.

Marriage is instituted by the Creator as a form of life in which a communion of persons is realized involving the use of the sexual faculty. "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife and they become one flesh" (Gen 2:24).

Third, God has willed to give the union of man and woman a special participation in his work of creation. Thus, he blessed the man and the woman with the words "Be fruitful and multiply" (Gen 1:28). Therefore, in the Creator's plan, sexual complementarity and fruitfulness belong to the very nature of marriage.

Sacred Scripture condemns homosexual acts "as a serious depravity... (cf. Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10). Nonetheless, according to the teaching of the Church, men and women with homosexual tendencies "must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided".7

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS

How does this Episcopalian group of homosexual supporters justify their position? Holy Scripture is complete, there are no new books with new or different messages. What am I missing here?

[bonfire]

Your questions are the same as ours. To date, I still haven't seen any argument justifying this travesty. This is the second question I'm planning on asking my priest right after: Is the Bible our authority?

If I hear "diversity" "inclusion" or "big tent" from him I plan on smacking him senseless. Church tomorrow should be quite interesting.....

[hellinahandcart]

What am I missing here?

Their utter determination to have their sin acclaimed by one and all as a virtue. To do that, they have to deconstruct the church AND God.

Which will be good for the communists, too. No standards, no morals, nothing eternal, nothing anyone can even count on from day to day.

[hellinahandcart]

The Archbishop of Canterbury's position is that it's only wrong for HETEROSEXUAL men to engage in homosexual activity. These guys are worse than Clinton in the truth department. If you don't believe me, go here.

There are priests and parishioners in your church spreading this pernicious stuff right now, you can bet on it. I hope your next Pope is African, or you could be in our shoes sooner than you think...