Remembering Frank Griswold, an Episcopal bishop who championed gay rights iowapublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iowapublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As head of the Episcopal Church in America, he consecrated the denomination’s first gay bishop, ordained women as priests and formed a communion with Lutherans.
Lois Ann Bailey, the retired executive assistant to the secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, has died. She was 66.
When the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled last November that homosexuals should have the right to marry, the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights group, claimed that the decision had nothing to do with religion. Rather, the ogranization said, "it's about the civil responsibilities and protections afforded through a government-issued civil marriage license."
It was an event for the ages, as they say, “of Biblical proportions.” The hero’s welcome afforded the openly-gay Bishop Gene Robinson upon his ascension to the pulpit at the historic Falls Church Episcopal Church in downtown Falls Church last weekend. It brought with it a veritably cosmic signif .