The formal charges mean that Love will face an ecclesiastic trial, open to the public, to determine if he should be penalized for prohibiting same-sex marriages in the Diocese of Albany.
The gospel of Christ offers a greater vision of liberty than resorting to defining ourselves. The gospel rests on the promise that God, who on the sixth day spoke us into being, beheld us, and called us very good.
The doors to General Convention’s exhibit hall were wide open on Tuesday, but the doors to the prayer chapel were locked — and this in a c​hurch that places a high priority on worship, convening a meeting that will debate prayer-book revision.
