When it comes to same-sex unions, the Episcopal Church has been using a kind of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d policy.<\/p>\n\n
The church\u2019s General Convention has never authorized an official rite to bless homosexual relationships. Bishops have, however, been allowed to approve blessings at the local level or simply look the other way. <\/p>\n\n
The national church didn\u2019t ask and local bishops didn\u2019t have to tell. <\/p>\n\n
The big question is whether this tactic will work after the latest meeting of the world\u2019s Anglican primates, which ended early this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In a blunt communiqu<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When it comes to same-sex unions, the Episcopal Church has been using a kind of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d policy. The church\u2019s General Convention has never authorized an official rite to bless homosexual relationships. Bishops have, however, been allowed to approve blessings at the local level or simply look the other way. The national church […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[59,330,439,1547,861],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anglican-communion","tag-episcopalians","tag-homosexuality","tag-sex","tag-third-world"],"yoast_head":"\n