Anglicans avert clash over gays
May 08, 2006
By James Bone

A new clash over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion was averted at the weekend when Episcopalians in San Francisco chose a married man over three gay candidates as their next bishop.

The Diocese of California elected Mark Andrus, 49, the Bishop Suffragan in Alabama, avoiding a repetition of the furore that greeted the consecration in 2003 of Gene Robinson, of New Hampshire, as the first openly gay Anglican bishop.

But the issue is not resolved. At its three-yearly general convention in Ohio next month, the Episcopal Church in America will debate homosexual unions. Gay candidates are likely to stand for the bishoprics of Newark and Seattle.

All seven candidates in California supported the consecration of gay bishops. the rest


Tennessee: Another try for new Episcopal bishop fails
No consensus reached among four candidates
By JENNY BONE MILLER
Special to The Tennessean

A search that took 18 months, 36 ballots and countless hours of prayer failed to produce a new bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.

A convention composed of 203 voting delegates could not reach a consensus Saturday on any of four candidates. The search process will begin again with a new slate of nominees. the rest