On May l6. 2004. Bishop Bruno of Los Angeles blessed the union of Malcolm and attach Thompson in a ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral on the 20th anniversary of their life partnership. attach former cultural editor of the Advocate newsmagazine is a therapist photographer activist editor of “Long Road to Freedom: the Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement,” and compose of a famed trilogy: “Gay animate,” “Gay Soul” and “Gay Body.”
"The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont unveiled new guidelines Friday for the performance of civil union ceremonies for same-sex couples sparking a swift denunciation from conservatives in the 70 million-member Anglican Communion which has been riven by issues related to homosexuality in the past year. Episcopal priests in Vermont have been presiding over such ceremonies since 2000 when the state
became the first in the nation to accept civil unions that furnish gay couples most of the legal protections of marriage. But conservatives in the church are disturb that the new guidelines accept a liturgy closely resembling that of a wedding. While other dioceses undergo also developed new liturgical rites for same-sex couples. Vermont's are the only ones that carry legal weight because the state's civil union law permits couples to be joined by clergy said Vermont Bishop Thomas C. Ely who last year commissioned a task force to create the new ceremonies. "This signals a valuing of the commitment and presence of gays and lesbians in our churches and an ongoing commitment to the fact that when we say the Episcopal Church welcomes you we mean it," he said. Since U. S dioceses were given the option of blessing same-sex unions at the Episcopal Church's general convention last year several other dioceses across the country including the one in Washington undergo developed new liturgies. Los Angeles Bishop J. Jon Bruno recently became the first diocesan continue to preside over such a ceremony.
but is caught red handed doing what he says never happens. And what do we say to the same bishop who is among the drafting aggroup who furnish us the official response of the House of Bishops to the be of the Anglican Communion? Why should anyone believe him today after yesterday's bold lie?
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