Uproar as Anglicans nominate lesbian as assistant bishop

A LESBIAN has been put up as an assistant bishop by the Anglican Church's Los Angeles diocese, deepening the rift caused by the 2003 appointment of a gay bishop in New Hampshire.

The Episcopal (Anglican) Diocese of Los Angeles elected the woman as assistant bishop on Saturday. The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore is only the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.

Rev Glasspool needs approval from a majority of dioceses across the church before she can be consecrated as assistant bishop in the Los Angeles diocese. Still, her victory underscored a continued Episcopal commitment to accepting same-sex relationships despite enormous pressure from other Anglicans to change their stand.

The head of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, is scheduled to consecrate Rev. Glasspool on May 15 in Los Angeles, if the church accepts the vote.

``Any group of people who have been oppressed because of any one, isolated aspect of their persons yearns for justice and equal rights,'' Rev. Glasspool said in a statement, thanking the diocese for choosing her.

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