The Rev. Morris Thompson of Kentucky elected Episcopal bishop of Louisiana

Posted by Kendall Harmon

At the Episcopal church's General Convention last summer, Thompson was with the majority of delegates who voted to declare partnered gay men and lesbians eligible for any ordained ministry. He also voted to direct church resources to preparing rites for same-sex unions.

Indeed, as the New Orleans convention was ending, Episcopalians in Los Angeles were on their way to electing the second openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican communion. There delegates elected the Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore as an assistant bishop. Her election seemed likely to further damage relations between U.S. Episcopalians, and Anglicans in Africa and Asia, who vastly outnumber them.

"I believe the church is moving in a direction that is more inclusive when it comes to the issue of sexuality, and I think the church needs to support people who are gay," Thompson said in an interview Saturday.

"But that's not big the issue for me. That's not the platform people will know me by."

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Episcopal Church (TEC) • TEC Bishops • TEC Diocesan Conventions/Diocesan Councils

8 Comments
Posted December 13, 2009 at 4:36 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Br_er Rabbit wrote:

Correction:

That’s not the platform some people will know me by.

December 13, 7:23 pm | [comment link]
2. dwstroudmd wrote:

Because it’s such a has-been sort of thing, you know.  Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the purple shirt to prove it.

December 13, 8:38 pm | [comment link]
3. John Wilkins wrote:

Well, some people only want to know you by labeling you as a revisionist.  That’s all they are about.  Not about your relationship with Christ.  But how they think about your relationship with Christ.

December 14, 1:18 am | [comment link]
4. LumenChristie wrote:

And on and on it goes.  Another and another of the same ilk.

Where is the big turn around for TEC that some people are still waiting for supposed to come from?  God does not cancel our free will.

December 14, 8:53 am | [comment link]
5. David Keller wrote:

#4—This IS the big turn around for TEC. The orthodox have officially lost. TEC is now the Democratic Party with vestments.

December 14, 9:11 am | [comment link]
6. phil swain wrote:

“I believe the church is moving in a direction that is more inclusive when it comes to the issue of sexuality.”  Now there’s a man who doesn’t need a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing.

December 14, 12:15 pm | [comment link]
7. Sarah wrote:

RE: “Well, some people only want to know you by labeling you as a revisionist.  That’s all they are about.  Not about your relationship with Christ.”

Both one and the same thing, of course.

December 14, 3:23 pm | [comment link]
8. Oriscus wrote:

#5 “TEC is now the Democratic Party with vestments.”

Under the Mercy, I pray that it is a helluva lot more liberal than *that!*

December 15, 1:27 am | [comment link]
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