From Deseret News archives:
Episcopal bishops apologize for 'pain' over gay ordination
But the church's House of Bishops failed to approve a recommended moratorium on such actions in the future, or to express regret for the decision itself. "We have only begun a serious and respectful consideration of how we might respond" to the call for a moratorium, they said.
Because the Episcopal Church is governed democratically, the bishops represent only one of two bodies that must approve changes in church law. The bishops are scheduled to meet again in March.
In a public statement titled "A Word to the Church," the bishops also said they didn't have sufficient time during their meetings to respond to a proposed moratorium on formal blessing rites for same-sex unions within the church.
It was spawned by the Episcopal Church's approval of the ordination of V. Gene Robinson an openly gay man living with his longtime partner as bishop of New Hampshire in August 2003.
Largely conservative in membership, the majority of Anglicans worldwide view the action by American bishops as an act of hubris that defies biblical teaching against homosexuality.
Bishop Griswold acknowledged that "sometimes Americans are presented as uncaring and only interested in themselves, so by underscoring our desire to be faithful partners in the Anglican Communion, we're saying we don't want to be seen" as simply self-interested or superior, he said.
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