Episcopal Church approves ordination of openly gay bishop in Los Angeles

Dan82 · Mar 18, 2010

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-episcopal18-2010mar18,0,3905741.story

The Episcopal Church gave final approval Wednesday to the ordination of an openly gay bishop in Los Angeles, putting a face behind a policy that has divided the church and caused some of its more conservative members to break away.

Mary Glasspool is the first openly gay bishop approved since 2003, when the election of a gay man as bishop of New Hampshire caused such an uproar that the U.S. church, under pressure from other members of the global Anglican Communion, imposed a moratorium on such elevations. The ban was lifted last year.

Glasspool is also one of the first two women to be elected as bishops in the 114-year history of the Los Angeles diocese. The other, Diane M. Jardine Bruce, won final approval March 8...
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Episcopal Church approves ordination of openly gay bishop in Los Angeles

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