Nation IN BRIEF : ARIZONA : Episcopal Meeting Studies Sex Issues
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Disagreements over sexual matters dominated the Episcopal Church’s national governing convention in Phoenix. At issue were proposals on the ordination of homosexuals, extramarital sex among the clergy and same-sex marriages. Speculation circulated that bishops of the 2.5-million-member denomination might defer to the convention’s lay-clergy House of Deputies to initiate any action. In an extraordinary gesture the bishops, from a closed session, sent word to the deputies to pray for God’s guidance of the bishops.
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