"We are a part of the Jesus movement...Keep the faith"

[rug]

4. He's a very impressive speaker. I had never heard him before. Thanks.

In the end, I think the issue comes down to theology, what is the nature of human love, physically and spiritually, and not ecclesiology, how churches are structured and organized.

There is no question that the issue of same sex marriage, sacramentally, veers from the mainstream historic definition of marriage as based on one between a man and a woman only.

The question to answer today is whether there is any theological basis to hold that a union between two humans, a sacrament considered to be the highest expression of love between two people, should be restricted to humans of different sex.

I'm hopeful this will result in a breakthrough of understanding that goes beyond the Anglican Communion, to the Catholic and Orthodox communities and beyond.

Whatever the outcome, rhetoric and polemics is a disservice to every person who loves, has loved, or will love another person.