Two Church of Ireland bishops have taken the highly unusual step of publicly voting against a motion brought by other bishops which re-stated the church’s traditional teaching on marriage.
The liberal bishops of Cork and Cashel and Ossory opposed a General Synod motion which attempted to clarify the church’s teaching on same-sex relationships by stating that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.
In a public display of the disagreements within the Church of Ireland’s leadership on the issue of homosexuality, Bishops Michael Burrows and Paul Colton voted against the motion at the church’s general synod in Dublin, while the 10 other bishops supported it.
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Posted May 14, 2012 at 4:42 pm
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2. clarin wrote:
It would be grievous for them to uphold a policy with which they disagree in conscience. |
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3. dwstroudmd+ wrote:
Do they wish to be considered for the ABC-ship? |
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“Split” isn’t exactly the best term if only 2 out of 12 disagreed. Those 2 might more properly be considered outliers.
May 14, 10:38 pm | [comment link]