After discussion upon discussion on homosexuality and the church over the past few years, well, I lost energy some time ago and started just sitting quietly through the discussions and voting with the inclusion crowd. But that doesn't seem good enough for here, to just read and enjoy all the discussion and not participate.
So here is how I look at this issue, and how I arrive at my strong belief that all people should be included equally in God's church. Meaning that anybody can be a member, a clergy member, a bishop, etc. That includes homosexuals. Oh! and women, too! (CofE just voted today to start working on a process of electing women bishops, I still don't know why that is so hard for them, they've had women priests longer than the US has.) But I digress (as usual).
To begin with, I don't have to judge, and that takes some of the pressure off. But I have had to vote in church elections, where the question isn't just "right or wrong?" but also "what's best for the church?" And that makes it too hard of a question to answer with just a yea or nay vote.
