{"id":29705,"date":"2022-07-26T22:03:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T02:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29705"},"modified":"2022-07-26T22:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T02:03:27","slug":"bishop-john-stephens-launches-into-lambeth-human-dignity-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bishop-john-stephens-launches-into-lambeth-human-dignity-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop John Stephens launches into Lambeth Human Dignity fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>John Stephens, Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, has waded fearlessly into the Lambeth Human Dignity non-issue with the following:<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also recently read a piece written by the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, where they\u2019ve stated: \u201cThe members of the College of Bishops will seek to amend the draft call on Human Dignity urging a more inclusive approach and will work in respectful dialogue both with those colleagues across the Communion who would share the position adopted by the Scottish Episcopal Church, and with those who may differ.\u201d The full inclusion of LGBTQ2SIA+ in every facet of the life of the Diocese of New Westminster is a core priority which has been evolving for decades. This priority is the result of decisions made by diocesan Synods over four decades and as the current bishop I honour and fully support those decisions and celebrate the diversity of our diocese.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stephens, you will no doubt notice, is even more<\/em> inclusive the many of the other bishops: he has more letters in his letter litany than your average, less inclusive, slightly benighted bishop who stalls at the \u201cT\u201d in LGBT. He’s probably compensating for not listing his pronouns on his office plaque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Stephens, Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, has waded fearlessly into the Lambeth Human Dignity non-issue with the following: I\u2019ve also recently read a piece written by the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, where they\u2019ve stated: \u201cThe … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2700],"tags":[2701],"class_list":["post-29705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lambeth-2022","tag-bishop-john-stephens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}