"Scottish Episcopalians OK Gay Priests"

[GreenPartyVoter]

LONDON - Being a practicing homosexual is no bar to becoming a priest, the Scottish Episcopal Church says, a stance that puts it at odds with the Anglican Communion in other parts of the world.

In a response to a February meeting of 35 top world Anglican leaders, posted on the church Web site, the College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church said it had "never regarded the fact that someone was in a close relationship with a member of the same sex as in itself constituting a bar to the exercise of an ordained ministry."

The bishops also said clergy on occasion responded to requests to give a blessing to same-sex couples.

It is believed to be the first time the Scottish church has publicly declared their position on gay clergy and blessings of homosexual couples, which have long been unwritten but commonly held acceptances.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050323/ap_on_re_eu/episcopals_gays

[Bluebear]

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[GreenPartyVoter]

2. *lol*

[applegrove]

3. Scots Rock. They know what it means to not be in power. Good for

them.