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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoa OP,  I was going to say you shouldn't write off entire denominations after visiting one church, the community and emphasis of Episcopalians (or any other) can vary hugely from one congregation to the next so you might find a better fit.

But I see above that you want a church that's[b] accepting of gay but not trans people? [/b]Good luck with that. [/quote]

That’s reductive and not at all what I’m saying. 
It’s not about being “accepting”. It’s about adopting specific beliefs not tied to scripture. Scripture does not support the existence of a more than 2 sexes, and it also doesn’t support same sex marriage. That doesn’t mean we cannot be compassionate and welcoming to people who experience same sex attraction or do not conform to male or female stereotypes in some way. I don’t have all the answers, but there needs to be some room for people to exist and be welcomed in community without simply adopting the exact current progressive ideologies.[/quote]

I guess I'd ask what about the Catholic Church makes you feel like you can't exist there in precisely this way, then? [/quote]

It doesn’t, necessarily. My aunt who is divorced, has friends in her congregation who are gay. It’s more the uncertainty of knowing how to fit in. I have visited multiple Catholic churches in NoVa and they are definitely not all the same. 
Most if not all of the gay Catholics we know were raised Catholic. I don’t know any gay people who converted to Catholicism.[/quote]

Ah...yeah. I encountered this issue in college - I'm not gay but I don't agree with the Catholic church's theology of sexuality more broadly. The problem is, tons of cradle Catholics don't either, but they're already members so they make their own peace. You can't do that as a convert. You have to affirmatively sign on to everything to become Catholic. If you actually DO agree that any kind of sexual relationship you might have as a gay person is simple, you can do that...but do you?[/quote]

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