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Title: Episcopal Church Approves Transgender People Ordination
Post by: MadelineB on July 09, 2012, 11:14:59 PM
Post by: MadelineB on July 09, 2012, 11:14:59 PM
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Episcopal Church Approves Transgender People Ordination
By Jaweed Kaleem
Posted: 07/09/2012 6:53 pm Updated: 07/09/2012 8:50 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/episcopal-church-transgender-ordination_n_1660465.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/episcopal-church-transgender-ordination_n_1660465.html)
The Episcopal Church on Monday overwhelmingly voted to allow the ordination of transgender people.
At its triennial General Convention in Indianapolis, the church House of Deputies approved a change to the "nondiscrimination canons" to include "gender identity and expression." The move makes it illegal to bar from the priesthood people who were born into one gender and live as another or who do not identify themselves as male or female.
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The church on Monday also voted to make it illegal to discriminate against transgender people in non-clergy positions in the church.
Episcopal Church Approves Transgender People Ordination
By Jaweed Kaleem
Posted: 07/09/2012 6:53 pm Updated: 07/09/2012 8:50 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/episcopal-church-transgender-ordination_n_1660465.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/episcopal-church-transgender-ordination_n_1660465.html)
The Episcopal Church on Monday overwhelmingly voted to allow the ordination of transgender people.
At its triennial General Convention in Indianapolis, the church House of Deputies approved a change to the "nondiscrimination canons" to include "gender identity and expression." The move makes it illegal to bar from the priesthood people who were born into one gender and live as another or who do not identify themselves as male or female.
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The church on Monday also voted to make it illegal to discriminate against transgender people in non-clergy positions in the church.
Title: Re: Episcopal Church Approves Transgender People Ordination
Post by: gennee on July 15, 2012, 03:12:52 PM
Post by: gennee on July 15, 2012, 03:12:52 PM
This is goood news and a long time coming.