Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio: It’s Time for Same-Sex Blessings

My former Episcopal diocese, the Diocese of Southern Ohio, is now instituting same-sex blessings. The diocese of Southern Ohio used to have a pretty strong conservative presence. Now, the ranks have been decimated. I thought it would take longer for this to happen in the diocese of Southern Ohio, but then again, many of the leaders I knew there were just waiting for the diocese to catch up with the other mainline Protestant churches.

Fr. David Bailey,  a friend, and priest in the Southern Ohio diocese has fought within the system to prevent this, or at the least, allow the traditional voice to be heard within the diocese. Fr. David is NOT given to exaggeration and histrionics, so when he says conservatives barely had a voice in the discussion on this decision, then I believe it to be true. But honestly, there probably isn’t much to discuss anyway, since most Episcopal leaders and influential laity, nationally and probably in Southern Ohio, are happy to have same-sex blessings.

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