You may put 'em on the list
As M and I begin to look around for jobs -- as we're already doing casually but will start doing in earnest once I'm ordained and his book is done -- it would certainly be helpful to have a list of dioceses in which priests in a same-sex relationship can be licensed. Does anyone know of such a thing? Maybe a map with different colors: red for "no way," pink for "yes, but try not to make a big deal about it," and lavender for "yes."
For some dioceses, of course, the answer is obvious. Yet for a variety of reasons we keep being drawn to areas where the answer is not so obvious. To take just one case, I suspect that the Diocese of My Sojourn is getting ready to turn from red to pink -- but there's no Central Clearing House on Episcopal Attitudes Toward Homosexuality from which an outsider would be able to find that out, and indeed from the outside all the evidence points to the conclusion that the diocese will remain red, world without end.
In the absence of such a list, is there any recourse short of e-mailing the relevant bishops with a query? Would my readers have authoritative information?
There's a prospect for M in Tennessee and for me in West Tennessee. But those are both red, right?
(Bonus points for anyone who can identify the allusion in the title of this post.)
Labels: Bishops, Discernment and formation



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Newark, of course. And we could use some Rite-One-loving, Anglican-chant-singing, Nicene-Creed-believing homosexuals over here, IMO.
But maybe check Louie Crew's Anglican pages? There's lots of good stuff over there....
The Diocese of PA is seemingly on the pink side, but if trouble brews the bishop cuts and runs...
Easy-peasy - but are you Sir William or St Arthur?
bls:
Dr Crew's pages are certainly helpful, especially in seeing who voted how on Bp Robinson. But there's been so much turnover among diocesans since then, and anyway, votes on Robinson don't always track my red-pink-lavender question.
Somehow I didn't realize you were in Newark. Between you and RFSJ, I have quite good vibes about that diocese now.
davis:
Now that's the kind of scoop I can really use! If only you had inside sources everywhere . . .
learnerpriest:
It would be an English cleric who got it first. But in answer to your question: I'm keeping that a secret!
Postulant:
Obviously Newark. New York is also welcoming, as is New Jersey. I know SS clergy couples in all of these. I believe all the New England dioceses are good. Obviously NH is :-)
I suspect that S. Ohio will be good under Bp. Briedenthal. Ohio is also OK, I think - Tracey Lynd is Dean there, after all.
Indianapolis, my sponsoring diocese, is also good. N. Indiana is not.
Chicago is good. The other Illinois dioceses are not.
Minnesota is good. I belive Missouri is as well.
California is good. I believe Oregon is as well. Not sure about Washington, but I believe so.
Colorado may be ok, but I don't know. I think Nevada is good, but I think they have a new bishop there, so I don't know.
You might ask Dr. Crew to put out something on the Integrity mailing list as a query. I'm not currently signed up for the mailing list, although I am member of Integrity.
Hope this helps!
RFSJ+
Thanks, RFSJ! That's enormously helpful. And I'll see about what I might be able to find out via Dr Crew and Integrity. That's a good idea.
"And they'll none of them be missed..."
Great. Now I'll be humming the song all evening.
I'll bet that you're Sir Arthur -- after all, you do like "Onward, Christian Soldiers."
Sorry, can't advise on your question: I'm not Episcopalian.
Also "Welcome, happy morning!"
D.C. is another possibility - I'm aware of two partnered gay priests there now - and I think Maryland also. New England in many or most places as well, I would think.
I also hear Rite I is difficult to find west of the Mississippi, BTW. And we got yer Anglican Chant right heah! on the East Coast, something that's becoming a rarity elsewhere, from what I hear. You can even find sung Morning Prayer around here.
Please come! At this point, the gay thing is so been-there-done-that around here; the push for critical mass when it comes to Anglican Chant is far, far more important....
;-)
California is perhaps overloaded but definitely lavender, if not out and out rainbow. Oregon is red, btw, but Olympia is pink. I think Eastern Oregon may be wanting to be pink (go figure givn it's located in the more conservative region of Oregon) but may not be there yet.
I now live in TN and, before that, lived in WTN. WTN actually "might" be pink, but I wouldn't necessarily wager on it. Chances for pink in TN are probably less likely. At least that's my generally uninformed 2-cents at present.
Postulant,
Perhaps you've seen this in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. If not, worth a read:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/10/2007101101c/careers.html
RFSJ
Thanks, RFSJ. One of the luxuries of being already employed is that one doesn't have to maneuver so delicately through those things. If my being gay would be a problem somewhere, it's good for me to know that up front; I can stay happily enough where I am. But for this author the stakes are higher. It sounds as though she's handling it all very well, though.
I don't understand the cautious comment above about Washington. It is definitely lavender, with numerous partnered gay clergy. Ditto for Maryland, and I believe Delaware as well. Easton I don't know about.
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