{"id":17,"date":"2010-03-17T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/03\/breaking-news-episcopal-church-approves-2nd-gay-bishop.html"},"modified":"2010-03-17T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T18:17:07","slug":"breaking-news-episcopal-church-approves-2nd-gay-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/03\/breaking-news-episcopal-church-approves-2nd-gay-bishop.html","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Episcopal Church approves 2nd gay bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a move that&#8217;s sure to deepen the rift between America&#8217;s Episcopalians and the global Anglican communion, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2010-03-17-episcopal-gay_N.htm\">the Rev. Mary Glasspool has been approved to become the Episcopal Church&#8217;s second openly gay bishop.<\/a>&nbsp;She will be<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnstext\/second_openly_gay_bishop_okd_for_episcopal_church\/\"> consecrated the new assistant bishop for the Diocese of Los Angeles<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>The Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly gay bishop, the Rev. Gene Robinson, in 2003, prompting some conservatives to form a rival church, the Anglican Church in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Check back for more updates, and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"apple-style-span\"><span>*<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\"><span>Click here to<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong><span>subscribe to Belief Beat<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/a><span class=\"apple-style-span\"><span>and<\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\"><span>click here to<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong><span>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"apple-style-span\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move that&#8217;s sure to deepen the rift between America&#8217;s Episcopalians and the global Anglican communion, the Rev. 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