{"id":33738,"date":"2012-07-10T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=33738"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:16:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:16:16","slug":"episcopals-approve-transgender-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/episcopals-approve-transgender-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Episcopals Approve Transgender Clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source<\/strong>: “Episcopal bishops approve blessing for same-sex unions,” Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald, 10 July 2012.<\/p>\n

“In a separate vote Monday, the full convention approved new anti-discrimination language for transgender clergy candidates and church members. Some dioceses already ordain transgender people or elect them to positions of parish leadership. But advocates for the amendment argued that they needed an explicited statement of acceptence as churchwide policy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The push came because the Bible, which they once claimed to follow, clearly states that the practice of transgender (pretending to be a different sex than your genes) is sinful. “A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God<\/em>” (Deuteronomy 22:5). Transgenderism doesn’t limit itself to just clothing these days. Surgical modification to make a person look like the opposite gender and the altering of hormones to cause the body to appear to have characteristics of the opposite gender is now fashionable.<\/p>\n

What is worse is that men actually think they can legislate morality. Right and wrong are not up for votes; they are fixed commodities that do not change. As God warned, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!<\/em>” (Isaiah 5:20-21).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: “Episcopal bishops approve blessing for same-sex unions,” Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald, 10 July 2012. “In a separate vote Monday, the full convention approved new anti-discrimination language for transgender clergy candidates and church members. Some dioceses already ordain transgender people or elect them to positions of parish leadership. But advocates for the amendment argued that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[493,305],"class_list":["post-33738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-episcopal-church","tag-transgenderism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48206,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-the-church-accommodate-transgender-members\/","url_meta":{"origin":33738,"position":0},"title":"Should the church accommodate transgender members?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is the church's position on those who are transgender? Are there three genders: Male, Female, and Transgender? If someone has transitioned from male to female or female to male, would they be welcomed at your congregation? For example, would Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn) be welcomed or does she\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33735,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/episcopals-approve-blessing-for-homosexual-unions\/","url_meta":{"origin":33738,"position":1},"title":"Episcopals Approve Blessing for Homosexual Unions","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: \"Episcopal bishops approve blessing for same-sex unions,\" Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald, 10 July 2012. Episcopals have been permitting marriages for homosexuals for many years. Where local politics don't permit such marriages they have been getting around the roadblock by saying it is just a blessing on the civil union\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90822,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-kinds-of-sex-are-included-in-leviticus-1822\/","url_meta":{"origin":33738,"position":2},"title":"What kinds of sex are included in Leviticus 18:22?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: According to Leviticus 18:22, \"Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable\" (NIV). My Question: Is it oral or anal sex, or something else? What if the person is a transgender woman, meaning male to female? Answer: \"You shall not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32460,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-man-now-attends-church-as-a-transgender-female-should-he-be-withdrawn-from\/","url_meta":{"origin":33738,"position":3},"title":"A man now attends church as a transgender female. Should he be withdrawn from?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: The ex-minister of a Baptist church now attends as a transgender female. Can this person be ex-communicated? This person not currently in leadership. His presence is very difficult for his now-divorced wife and children. God Bless. Answer: \"It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86582,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/fatal-flaws-in-transgender-brain-studies\/","url_meta":{"origin":33738,"position":4},"title":"Fatal Flaws in Transgender Brain Studies","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Colin Wright, \"Transgender Brain Studies are Fatally Flawed,\" City Journal, 14 March 2025. \"The notion that males can have 'female brains,' and vice versa, rests on a flawed interpretation of 'brain sex' studies that in no way demonstrate or even suggest a definitive biological basis for 'gender identity.'\" \"The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4974,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/no-evidence-people-are-born-gay-or-transgender\/","url_meta":{"origin":33738,"position":5},"title":"No Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Tyler O'Neil, \"Johns Hopkins Research: No Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender\", PJ Media, 23 Aug 2016. 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