Church of Scotland to vote on gay ministers

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http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/26/church-of-scotland-close-to-approving-gay-ministers/

The Church of Scotland is getting ready for a vote on whether to ordain LGBT people as clergy. It is believed the vote is close and support is building for a Yes.

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1. That is the one that's part of the Anglican Communion, right?

[hrmjustin]

2. No the COS is Presbyterian.

The Espiscopal Church of Scotland is Anglican.

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3. Ah, thanks. This is a bigger deal then.

[hrmjustin]

4. Yes.

The Episcopal Church of Scotland is more liberal than the other Anglican churches of Britian and Ireland.

The COS has always been more right but they are moving in the left direction.

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6. The Scottish Episcopal Church consecrated Samuel Seabury after the Church of England refused

After American independence Seabury traveled to the UK seeking consecration as a Bishop in order to establish an Anglican hierarchy in the new United States. The English refused it on the grounds that as an American citizen he could no longer swear loyalty to the King. Seabury then went to the Scottish Episcopal Church and their Bishops consecrated him. That caused a bit of concern in London that the new American church would becoming a Jacobite institution so they made provision for the consecration of non British Bishops soon thereafter. Seabury and other Bishops consecrated by the Church of England later consecrated fellow Americans as Bishops, ensuring an Anglican hierarchy in the states.

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5. Good on 'em!

If Scotland weren't so damn cold, I'd be tempted to move there.