For example , the Episcopal Church 's current official position , generated at the 1979 sixty-sixth General Convention and affirmed in 1991 at the seventieth General Convention , recommends that although homosexuals may be ordained , they must remain celibate after their ordination . As the document argues , ``It is not appropriate for this Church to ordain a practicing homosexual , or any person who is engaged in heterosexual relations outside of marriage . That is , the absence of gay marriage is used to explain why `practicing...











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