Episcopal leaders in Utah speak up for gays
Position paper targets directives made by Anglican Communion
By Carrie A. Moore
Deseret Morning News
March 14, 2007

Taking a public stand against the 77 million-member worldwide Anglican Communion's recent push to limit the role of gays and lesbians in the church, representatives of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah spoke out Tuesday in a document directed at fellow church leaders and the media.

The eight-page position paper, signed by the Right Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish and several local Episcopal deputies, was designed to "respond critically and constructively" to recent restrictions on ordaining gay bishops and blessing same-sex unions.

Those restrictions were formulated during a meeting in Tanzania last month of top Anglican leaders — called primates — from around the world in response to the U.S.-based Episcopal Church's push for greater acceptance of gays and lesbians in leadership and in "committed relationships." the rest