A bishop announcing that he believes in the virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Christ would stretch my credulity; a lesbian priest married to another woman would merely be par for the course.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n Football star\u2019s mom, a lesbian priest, no big deal in Anglicanism.<\/p>\n Sports reporters preparing for the Grey Cup game on Sunday could hardly believe it this week when Calgary Stampeders star Jon Cornish revealed his mother, a veteran Anglican priest, has a \u201cwife.\u201d<\/p>\n But stories like that of Rev. Margaret Cornish, who has been vicar of St. Alban\u2019s Church in Richmond for almost seven years, are becoming commonplace in liberal Christian churches in Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n There are hundreds of women in the ministry in the Anglican Church and United Church of Canada who have either always been in lesbian relationships or have moved into them in their middle years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As of this writing, St. Alban\u2019s website<\/a> is down, but the cached version<\/a> of its welcome page contains the words \u201cinclusive\u201d and \u201cdiversity\u201d \u2013 enough to confirm a lingering suspicion that the fictitious bishop of the first paragraph would not feel at home there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A bishop announcing that he believes in the virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Christ would stretch my credulity; a lesbian priest married to another woman would merely be par for the course. From here: Football star\u2019s mom, a … Continue reading