The presiding officers of General Convention have announced their decision to appoint a legislative committee on marriage. In a letter [PDF] addressed to Deputies and Bishops and dated July 8, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and the Rev. Gay Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, explain their decision:Our goal is to establish legislative committees that are … [Read more...] about Marriage Debate Spawns Panel
Archives for July 9, 2014
TED, meet KAT
The Anglican Church of Canada has launched KAT (Keeping Anglicans Talking), a scaled-down version of TED: Ideas Worth Spreading. KAT’s topics so far:Solomon Islands by the Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, 13th Primate of the Anglican Church of CanadaMinistry to Migrant Workers from Mexico by the Rev. Canon Ted McCollum, incumbent of the parish of St. Paul’s in Beaverton, … [Read more...] about TED, meet KAT
Counter-letter to President Obama
Elizabeth Dias writes for Time:More than 100 faith leaders asked President Barack Obama on Tuesday not to include a religious exemption in his upcoming executive order to ban job discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation among federal employees.… Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary and a signatory to the new letter, said she was … [Read more...] about Counter-letter to President Obama