Editing Holy orders (section)

== Ordination of LGBT clergy ==
{{Main article|Ordination of LGBT Christian clergy|Homosexuality and Christianity}}

The ordination of [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]] or [[transgender]] clergy who are sexually active, and open about it, represents a fiercely contested subject within many [[mainline Protestant]] communities. The majority of churches are opposed to such ordinations because they view [[homosexuality]] as a [[sin]] and incompatible with Biblical teaching and traditional Christian practice. Yet there are an increasing number of Christian congregations and communities that are open to ordaining people who are gay or lesbian. These are [[liberal Protestant]] [[Christian denomination|denomination]]s, such as the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]], the [[United Church of Christ]], and the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], plus the small [[Metropolitan Community Church]], founded as a church intending to minister primarily to LGBT people, and the [[Church of Sweden]] where such clergy may serve in senior clerical positions. The [[Church of Norway]] has for many years had both gay and lesbian priests, even bishops, and in 2006 the first woman who was appointed a bishop in Norway came out as an active homosexual herself, and that she had been a homosexual since before she joined the church.<ref>{{Cite web|last=undefined|first=undefined|date=2009-11-27|title=Drømmedamer|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/droslashmmedamer/65175676|access-date=2020-08-10|website=Dagbladet.no|language=no}}</ref>

The issue of ordination has caused particular controversy in the worldwide [[Anglican Communion]], following the approval of [[Gene Robinson]] to be [[Bishop of New Hampshire]] in the [[US Episcopal Church]].