Anglican Church approves appointing female bishops
Posted on: July 19, 2008 - 9:29am
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Yes, but traditionalists always claim that a change threatens to split a church or any organization for that matter. I myself am glad to see it happening even if I am not christian. I think that the relationship between all human rights issues is important for instance moder third wave feminism and queer theory are sibling movements that can be seen as direct offshoots of second wave feminism.
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I suppose this isn't GLBT news but it's relevant as a human rights' event.
So, if you haven't heard/read/seen yet, the Anglican church voted in favour of ordaining females as bishops on Monday. Apparently though, the "first consecration of a female bishop could happen in 2015." (CNN) 2015. Why does it take 7 years for a decision to turn into reality? (It's slower than some bureaucratic governments!)
And of course, you have the "traditionalists" arguing that it's wrong. (I wonder what they're mothers, wives, and daughters are thinking.) They're all up in arms saying that Jesus didn't have female apostles, so we shouldn't have female bishops, although others argue that Jesus included females in other roles that didn't put them at-risk in a mysogynistic society.
It sounds revolutionary, until you read that "the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia all have female bishops." (Guardian)
Some traditionalists are threatening that this change could split the Anglican Church. Then again, they said some 16 years ago when females were first allowed to be ordained as priests that the church would split. And it didn't, although some 500 male priests left and joined the Catholic Church when that happened. (Guardian)
And of course, the Vatican disapproves. Oh well..
Voici my rant! ^_^"
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