16 YEARS! In 16 years, Jon Bruno or Fred Borsch never noticed? Right. They not only did not want to challenge one of the richest parishes in the Diocese, they were just fine with the agendas of George Regas, Ed Bacon and Susan Russell.Pasadena wedding marks new day, continues tradition
"It's just a normal weekday Eucharist at All Saints," said the Rev. Ed Bacon, All Saints rector, amid laughter at White and Nixon's June 18 ceremony. Assembled in a small chapel were about 25 guests—half of them regular worshippers who discovered upon their arrival they were wedding guests. Others had received hurriedly telephoned invitations. Bacon called upon them all to view the wedding couple as "walking witnesses of justice" and as "love made tangible.""They were married long before this moment," Bacon told the gathering. "The vows they will offer are not the first time those vows have been expressed between them," he said referring to a previous blessing of the couple's union. "As Gary has told me, they have been living these vows for 27 years."
Bacon praised the California Supreme Court's "stand for justice for all, holding that marriage is 'a basic civil right of personal autonomy and liberty' to which all persons are entitled without regard to their sexual orientation.
Within a week of the May 15 landmark decision, the vestry of the Pasadena church known for its social activism voted to adopt a resolution to "treat with equality all couples presenting themselves for the rite of marriage," said Bacon. "This is in keeping with a now 16-year practice of All Saints recognizing that when members of our faith community find the love of their lives and commit to live in a life-long loving relationship that we would bless these covenants regardless of sexual orientation."
They claimed no official permission was given, therefore these actions did not occur. Oh, just a "pastoral response", but nothing controversial.The hypocrisy and nudge, nudge, wink, wink attitude is sickening.
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