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Grow in Peace for Rochester Gay Men's Chorus
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Voice of Integrity, Summer/Fall 2004
I was the senior editor of this issue. On page 9 is an article about the blessing of the relationship between Michael and me.
D.C. Bishop To Bless Same-Sex Union
This article is about our blessing service.
D.C. bishop to bless same-sex union
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- Bishop John Bryson Chane, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, was to formally bless the relationship of a gay priest and his partner Saturday.
The Washington Post reported same-sex union blessing ceremony for the Rev. Michael Hopkins, rector of St. George's Episcopal Church in Maryland's Prince George's County, and his partner, John Clinton Bradley, will be a first for Chane.
Covenant relationships, in which two people commit themselves to spending their lives together, "are holy and deserve to be blessed, deserve to be held up by the community and they deserve to be called what they are: sacred," said James Naughton, Chane's spokesman.
Hopkins is a friend of Chane's and is well regarded in the diocese. "So in blessing this relationship, the bishop wasn't looking for an opening to make some type of statement -- he was celebrating the life of a friend as anyone would do," Naughton said.
Traditionalist Episcopalians who oppose same-sex partnerships said they were unhappy with Chane's participation in the ceremony.
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Voice of Integrity, Winter/Spring 2004
I was the senior editor of this issue. I also wrote four articles. They are on pages 3, 6-12, and 23.
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Diabetes Today: A Course for Community Leaders
I developed these transparencies when I was working for the Diabetes Today National Training Center.
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The NHAAP is Getting Wired!
Bowie Episcopal Evangelism Project (BEEP!)
A House Divided
I'm briefly mentioned in this article. Michael is quoted and paraphrased.
Greenbelt Interfaith News
World
September 1998
A House Divided
Gay and Ex-Gay Anglicans React to Resolutions on Homosexuality
By Heather Elizabeth Peterson
Greenbelt Interfaith News
It was the beginning of a triumph – or the beginning of a tragedy, depending on who was speaking. No Episcopalians denied, though, that the summer of 1997 would bring tremendous changes to the denomination that forms the American contribution to the worldwide Anglican Communion. Around the world, the events in the Episcopal Church during July 1997 would spark debate in other Anglican churches around the world. The focus of the debate was on homosexuality, a subject that was causing increasing divisions between conservative and liberal Anglicans. For Anglicans living in the United States, the Episcopal Church appeared at the beginning of July 1997 to be on the brink of something tremendous. But whether the Episcopal Church was headed toward destruction or toward a realization of its greatest promise was another matter for argument between conservatives and liberals.
Two American Anglicans would watch the events of July 1997 and be stunned by what happened. Two Anglicans would watch with concern a year later as the events of July 1997 were eclipsed and nearly overturned by the events of July and August 1998. Both Anglicans were in a position to be greatly concerned about what was happening. Both knew that Anglican attitudes toward homosexuality would shape the lives of people like themselves. Both believed that the decisions of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion could result in more heartbreak and tragedy in the lives of same-gender-attracted people, or else the decisions could bring those same people to spiritual fulfillment and the peace of God.
One of the Anglicans was a leader in the gay ministry Integrity. The other was the leader of the ex-gay ministry Regeneration.
































