1.   An Austin Southern Baptist Church that welcomes practicing homosexuals might be severed from the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

2.   He said in an interview with the BBC that experience had taught him that practicing homosexuals in stable relationships could lead lives of spirituality.

3.   Indeed, one of the nine trial judges, Bishop Frederick Borsch of Los Angeles, recently allowed the ordination of yet another practicing homosexual.

4.   Knox, a United Methodist layman, was trained for the ministry but has not been ordained because his denomination prohibits practicing homosexuals from being clergy.

5.   Some bishops have ordained practicing homosexuals, insisting the resolution is not church law.

6.   He said he had knowingly ordained practicing homosexuals.

7.   Interpreting the Scripture was at the center of debate over ordaining practicing homosexuals and blessing same-sex unions.

8.   Last year the previous Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie said he had knowingly ordained practicing homosexuals, but not if they told him about it.

9.   The church also bars ordination of practicing homosexuals, although there are a few acknowledged gay ministers, and gossip in church circles about others.

10.   The interpretation of Scripture was at the center of the debate over whether to ordain practicing homosexuals and bless same-sex unions.