An evangelical parish with a large congregation in Edinburgh has voted to quit the Scottish Episcopal Church over its decision to be the United Kingdom’s first Anglican body to endorse same-sex marriage.
“We have not done it easily. We have had many tears and many sleepless nights. It is a tragic necessity,” the Rev. David McCarthy, Rector at the St Thomas parish, told The Sunday Telegraph about its vote to leave the SEC. “But it is the Episcopal Church who are leaving us. They are leaving orthodoxy.”
The Scottish Episcopal Church, which has over 350 churches across Scotland and is a member of the Anglican Communion, voted last June to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.
The new clause removed the language stating that marriage is a “physical, spiritual and mystical union of one man and one woman.” It said there were…
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