1.  Bishop Earle Stuard of the Issaquah ward said that the official church position is that sexual relations are proper only between husband and wife.

2.  But he said he no longer held any official church position, but was simply a member.

3.  He lost his church position after revealing he was gay in a counseling session with a young man struggling with homosexual feelings.

4.  He retired from his church position in March, becoming pastor emeritus.

5.  In a few cases, participants lost church positions.

6.  The polls also show majorities of Catholics opposing church positions on birth control, celibacy, divorce, and ordination of women.

7.  They also call on the church and its theologians to examine other church positions that might be opened to women.

8.  Ultimately, many of the priests in the study, while still remaining committed to the priesthood, dismissed official church positions on homosexuality and celibacy.

9.  Williamson said that any church position that emerged would then be debated at the next General Synod of the Church of England, scheduled in July.

10.  Even though the Catholic church has not permitted women to enter the priesthood, it is giving more weight to women taking other responsible church positions, Lehmann said.