Sewanee grants request for same-sex blessing in All Saints' Chapel
By John McCardell
June 7, 2014
Dear Members of the Faculty and Staff,
Last week I wrote to you about a matter concerning the University policy on the blessing of same-sex relationships.
Over the past week, the Chaplain and I, along with the Chancellor and Regent Bishops, have been in lengthy discussions about how to accommodate the request to allow the blessing of a same-sex relationship after the couple making the request has already had a civil marriage.
This particular scenario, highly improbable in December 2012, when only six states (four in New England) plus the District of Columbia permitted same-sex marriage, will become increasingly likely, now that nineteen states permit same-sex marriage and in seven additional states the matter is currently in the courts.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By John McCardell
June 7, 2014
Dear Members of the Faculty and Staff,
Last week I wrote to you about a matter concerning the University policy on the blessing of same-sex relationships.
Over the past week, the Chaplain and I, along with the Chancellor and Regent Bishops, have been in lengthy discussions about how to accommodate the request to allow the blessing of a same-sex relationship after the couple making the request has already had a civil marriage.
This particular scenario, highly improbable in December 2012, when only six states (four in New England) plus the District of Columbia permitted same-sex marriage, will become increasingly likely, now that nineteen states permit same-sex marriage and in seven additional states the matter is currently in the courts.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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