1.   Others, he says, are in long-term relationships with women, or dating, or are active homosexuals.

2.   That provision was understood to mean that active homosexuals could not serve.

3.   The church avows a Bible-based morality and frowns on sex outside of marriage, meaning sexually active homosexuals are not welcome.

4.   The Southern Baptist congregation is embroiled in a dispute within the Atlanta Baptist Association over its willingness to ordain sexually active homosexuals as deacons and ministers.

5.   But some Anglicans now ordain active homosexuals to the priesthood, adding to tensions within Anglicanism and with the Catholic Church.

6.   He said the rule against ordination of sexually active homosexuals is not an essential tenet of the church and should be treated only as a guide.

7.   They object to the practice by the Episcopal Church, the U.S. branch of Anglicanism, of ordaining active homosexuals and allowing clergy to bless same-sex unions.

8.   Why do we have this high instance of sexually active homosexuals?