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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I spent years in TEC here in DC, but I feel that conservative viewpoints are increasingly unwelcome and not tolerated. Yes, there are plenty of conservatives still around, but they generally keep a very low profile, whereas the liberal points of view get the megaphone and focus.

Take gay marriage for example. Officially, the church allows each individual church/priest to make their own decision on whether or not to officiate a same-sex marriage, but my experience is that not being onboard with gay marriage would be seriously frowned upon at the DC churches. If I had told people at my church that I didn't agree with gay marriage, I feel like many people would have viewed as an intolerant bigot. But, as you surely know, this has caused half of the US Episcopal churches to break off from TEC.[/quote]

Perhaps it's the bigots who broke away and the TEC, though smaller, is better for getting rid of the bigots. Unless size is more important than being accepting of other humans.[/quote]

And this is exactly the problem I'm talking about. Welcome to TEC.

You do realize that there are TEC priests who have chosen not to officiate same sex marriages, and that position is sanctioned by TEC. [b]Are they bigots too?[/b][/quote]

Only if they try to prevent the marriage and do not welcome the gay couple into the congregation.[/quote]

Assuming you are/were TEC, why were you okay being part of a church that did not sanction gay marriages until just last year? [/quote]

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