Local Option Resolution Referred to Special Committee

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/9624/

[Stand Firm] 29 Jan 2008--Heads up, Virginians... please keep your ears to the ground on who gets appointed to this special committee, and drop us a line when you find out:

The council referred to a special committee resolutions seeking permission for same-sex blessings and the ordination of partnered gays and lesbians. Bishop Lee will appoint members to a “Windsor Dialogue Commission,” which will be charged with determining “in light of the emerging experience of our church” whether “local option for the blessing of same-gender unions” is permissible and another resolution committing the diocese “to a process of discernment and reflection on the ordination and service of deacons and priests living in same-gender relationships.”