CHURCH FACES HISTORIC VOTES; CNY DELEGATES TO HELP SET EPISCOPALIAN POLICIES ON GAY BISHOPS, SAME-SEX COUPLES.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: July 27, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Renee K. Gadoua Staff writer

Nine Central New Yorkers will help shape the Episcopal Church's policies on homosexuality as they vote this week on affirming the election of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire and approving a resolution to create a blessing for same-sex couples.

"There are people who will leave the Episcopal Church for this reason," said Gladstone B. "Skip" Adams, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. "It's possible peop...

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