The Episcopal Church (TEC) ended a three-year moratorium regarding the ordination of gay bishops by affirming Tuesday at their General Convention that gays and lesbians are eligible to serve in any ordained ministry in their denomination. The action by the both houses of the convention is now the closing chapter in a battle that has been waged within the TEC for several decades.The now-defunct moratorium was initiated in 2006 following the global uproar of the election and consecration of TEC’s first openly practicing homosexual as a bishop, Gene Robinson. With most of the bishops who stood visibly against the ordination now a part of the new Anglican Church in North American (ACNA), the way was cleared to take this initiative to the next level.
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