Bishop defends transsexual curate

[IndianaGreen]

But Don Horrocks, of the Evangelical Alliance, said the Bible made it "absolutely clear that God created human beings as male and female".

I wonder which G-d is the one that creates intersexed and hermaphroditic children. Bible thumpers like Don Horrocks also believe that dinosaurs were contemporaries of man. Thankfully, the religious wackos are a minority in Britain, unlike their counterparts in America.

Bisexual, Transgender and intersexed people often experience discrimination from the GLBT community they belong to.

Last Updated: Saturday, 24 September 2005, 11:09 GMT 12:09 UK

Bishop defends transsexual curate



The Bishop of Hereford has defended the decision to ordain a transsexual woman as a priest.

Assistant curate Sarah Jones, 43, from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, was born as Colin Jones and spent the first 33 years of her life living as a man.

Evangelical group Evangelical Alliance said there was no "Christian acknowledgement" of gender realignment.

But the Right Reverend Anthony Priddis said Ms Jones - being ordained on Saturday - was "made and loved by God".

Ms Jones was a "superb candidate" who had the gender realignment surgery "many years ago - long before she explored the possibility of being ordained", Bishop Priddis said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/4277176.stm

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1. There is no "christian acknowledgement" of polio vaccinations either,

but that doesn't mean we don't use them.