Diocese wants out over gay issues
The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth took the first steps to withdraw from the national church as part of a growing rift over scriptural interpretation and homosexuality, giving preliminary approval to constitutional amendments.
The conservative diocese is among four of the 110 Episcopal dioceses -- including Pittsburgh; San Joaquin, Calif.; and Quincy, Ill. -- that have approved similar measures to break away and align with an overseas Anglican leader. The dioceses contend U.S. church leadership has wrongly abandoned scriptural authority and traditional teachings on truth, salvation and the divinity of Jesus Christ.
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