Ohio Bishops: Domestic Partner Opponents Misread Bible

January 30, 2009

Local pastors who oppose Cleveland’s domestic-partner registry, recently enacted by the city council, are guilty of selective reading of the Bible, according to the Bishop of Ohio, the Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth.

Bishop Hollingsworth and three assisting bishops in the diocese wrote to commend the council Jan. 21, contending that passage of the registry witnessed to the Judeo-Christian mandate to love one another.

“Your action gives comfort, support, and affirmation to all those among us who are committed to sharing responsibility for one another’s personal welfare,” the bishops wrote. “As well, it insists that all men and women are equal in the sight of God.”

The bishops decried clergy who have tried to organize a vote referendum on the registry. the rest