tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post8317499809554629624..comments2023-10-01T05:51:54.101-04:00Comments on Wake up and LIVE: Mulling Over Marriage on Mary Magdalene's Feast DaySCGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-10270402372707410792015-07-22T23:08:25.326-04:002015-07-22T23:08:25.326-04:00I'm really not sure what happened today, or if...I'm really not sure what happened today, or if those of us not part of the "inner circle" of the diocese will hear anything. Congratulations to you that your bishop in South Carolina has given the green light for marriages to occur in the church there. I have much more to say on the issues that have +Benhase straddling the fence. He's not in an easy place. Our deputation was divided in the laity on whether to approve the canonical change which tells me there's more work to be done here. In the meantime, the diocese I left (FL) is permanently stuck on "No." I pity all who remain there. There are plenty of clergy and laity who are champing at the bit to bring the church into the 21st century, but the bishop won't let it happen. :-(<br /> SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-84157159929773040512015-07-22T17:19:04.975-04:002015-07-22T17:19:04.975-04:00Well, I'm not much for fence-stradlers, and th...Well, I'm not much for fence-stradlers, and that's what I think your Bishop is doing. I may not agree with the dissenters who voted against A036 and A054, but at least they had the courage of their convictions. <br /><br />I know I don't have to tell you that Jesus had nothing to say about LGBT, but was pretty specific about divorce (see Matthew 19, Luke 16). Yet I notice on the Diocese of Georgia website that Bishop Benhase is okay with remarriage after divorce. How does one make that distinction? <br /><br />It will be interesting to hear what came out of today's meeting. Keep me posted. :-) <br /><br />Bishop vonR made it official yesterday, we start performing same-sex marriages Advent I. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969834099450887224noreply@blogger.com