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The Episcopal Church let in gay clergy years ago and in 2012 let their clergy bless same-sex unions.

Some people call the religion Catholic-lite so I'm jumping ship and joining SS Epis

Surprised tbh

wow lemme stan for them

The runaway victory

Glad to see the Episcopal Church pass this.

They also recently elected their first black head Bishop, immediately succeeding their retiring first female head Bishop. I go to their services every other Sunday and they preach about racism, gender inequalities, and many other things. One of the few churches on the RIGHT side of history and on the side of progress.

That's it. I will be Episcopal now, my local Catholic Church urged people to march like if it would've made any difference when Prop 8 died

The Episcopal Church is entirely Catholic.. basically, think of a Catholic Church separate from the Vatican. They let women preach (our assistant Priest is a woman). The churches are typically grand and cathedral-like.. very friendly to all people. All people are open to communion. They have a heavy importance on focusing on choral music and using it to give their messages.

I'm not lying when I say going there the first time was one of the friendliest experiences I've ever had.

I meant Roman Catholic or whatever the conservative branch is. That is what mine was.

I stopped going to church. I believe in Heaven, but I didn't like what the priest would say on current events.

Isn't there one friendship mentioned in the Bible that some say might actually be gay?

It seems unlikely that they will.

When it comes to moral issues, the Roman Catholic Church has maintained a very hard line teaching what we might call "traditional morality" - even in the face of widespread protest.
To some extent, they are constrained by their own rules and regulations to not change their stance on moral issues that have been formally and officially established in a "final" manner. They consider such "written-in-stone" doctrines to be God's own word on the matter - unchangeable. Even the issue of deeming condom use to be a sin is an issue on which they steadfastly refuse to change.

So: no, I can't imagine them ever changing their position on that issue. There are individual Roman Catholic officials who already support same-sex marriage, but the formal, official stance of the Church prohibits it, and I can't see that changing without first formally and officially rejecting several centuries of officially-established doctrines (something I think they have never done even once).

Anglicans fear a global split, but I think you are right about the Vatican and their type of Catholicism, nothing can/will change them. Oh well.

The Second Vatican Council actually serves as a proof that they have modified "officially-established" doctrines. It was actually the most important event of 20th century for the Roman Catholic Church. While certainly most of the changes don't regard issues like the current ones, it definitely enacted new doctrines with the solely purpose of the Church being "updated" with world they were living at the time.

So, basically, it is plausible. As to when will that happen... God only knows.

According to recent documents, the cracks are showing in divorce/remarriages. This October we'll know more about what the Vatican wants to do.

the church needs to look to the future

But the Vatican II only changed certain antiquated Church traditions and practices though, but no actual official doctrine especially which relates to morality has ever been changed.