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| He has been the [[diocesan]] bishop of the [[Anglican Diocese of Southeastern Mexico]], in the [[Anglican Church of Mexico]] since March 2020. He is one of only two bishops of mainline historical churches (the other being Roman Catholic bishop [[José Raúl Vera López]]) who have fully, openly and publicly supported civil rights for the LGBT community in Mexico<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 June 2019 |title=Q&A: Nova Scotia-based priest elected as bishop in Mexico |url=https://www.anglicanjournal.com/qa-nova-scotia-based-priest-elected-as-bishop-in-mexico/ |access-date=19 June 2019 |website=Anglican Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Naughton |first1=Jim |title=Companions: A New Chapter Begins |url=https://episcopalchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Thrive_F19_FNL_spreads.pdf |website=episcopalchicago.org |publisher=Episcopal Diocese of Chicago |access-date=20 March 2022 |page=10 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sánchez |first=Maribel |title=Obispo anglicano, a favor de bodas gay |url=https://www.elsoldecordoba.com.mx/l...del-sureste-a-favor-de-bodas-gay-6876731.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=El Sol de Córdoba |language=es}}</ref> by participating in gay pride celebrations leading delegations of local Anglican priests and laity, and calling civil authorities to follow through the Supreme Court resolution declaring all laws discriminating against LGBT people unconstitutional<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-27 |title=Marcha Iglesia Anglicana por la diversidad sexual y el matrimonio igualitario en Xalapa |url=http://jornadaveracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021102...eracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |archive-date=2021-10-27 |website=La Jornada Veracruz |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sánchez |first=Maribel |date=2021-06-23 |title=Obispo anglicano pide autorizar matrimonios gay |url=https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/l...trimonios-igualitarios-en-mexico-6877054.html |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=Diario de Xalapa |language=es}}</ref> Bishop Martin has expressly asked the state governments to respect the Federal Supreme Court's ruling and legalise gay civil marriage.<ref name=":1" /> | He was the [[diocesan]] bishop of the [[Anglican Diocese of Southeastern Mexico]], in the [[Anglican Church of Mexico]] from March 2020 to March 31 2024. He is one of only two bishops of mainline historical churches (the other being Roman Catholic bishop [[José Raúl Vera López]]) who have fully, openly and publicly supported civil rights for the LGBT community in Mexico<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 June 2019 |title=Q&A: Nova Scotia-based priest elected as bishop in Mexico |url=https://www.anglicanjournal.com/qa-nova-scotia-based-priest-elected-as-bishop-in-mexico/ |access-date=19 June 2019 |website=Anglican Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Naughton |first1=Jim |title=Companions: A New Chapter Begins |url=https://episcopalchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Thrive_F19_FNL_spreads.pdf |website=episcopalchicago.org |publisher=Episcopal Diocese of Chicago |access-date=20 March 2022 |page=10 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sánchez |first=Maribel |title=Obispo anglicano, a favor de bodas gay |url=https://www.elsoldecordoba.com.mx/l...del-sureste-a-favor-de-bodas-gay-6876731.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=El Sol de Córdoba |language=es}}</ref> by participating in gay pride celebrations leading delegations of local Anglican priests and laity, and calling civil authorities to follow through the Supreme Court resolution declaring all laws discriminating against LGBT people unconstitutional<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-27 |title=Marcha Iglesia Anglicana por la diversidad sexual y el matrimonio igualitario en Xalapa |url=http://jornadaveracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021102...eracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |archive-date=2021-10-27 |website=La Jornada Veracruz |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sánchez |first=Maribel |date=2021-06-23 |title=Obispo anglicano pide autorizar matrimonios gay |url=https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/l...trimonios-igualitarios-en-mexico-6877054.html |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=Diario de Xalapa |language=es}}</ref> Bishop Martin has expressly asked the state governments to respect the Federal Supreme Court's ruling and legalise gay civil marriage.<ref name=":1" /> |
| His diocese also spoke out against hate crimes against LGBT people and others.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-06-28 |title="Todos somos iguales ante Dios", reverendo reza por crímenes de odio |url=https://veracruz.lasillarota.com/es...os-reverendo-reza-por-crimenes-de-odio/534015 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=La Silla Rota |language=es}}</ref> Bishop Martin has also proposed a draft version for the blessing of same-gender couples, though the policy is in discussion and not yet approved.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} He has openly called to all Anglican churches to approve gay ecclesiastical marriage by expanding the sacrament of Holy Matrimony to gay people.<ref>https://imagendelgolfo.mx/xalapa/ig...lapa-aboga-por-el-amor-sin-etiquetas/50380477</ref> Other clergy in Bishop Martin's diocese support LGBT inclusion in the church.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-28|title=Tendrá la Iglesia Anglicana en Yucatán un nuevo sacerdote|url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/imagen/t...o-sacerdote|access-date=2021-07-07|website=El Diario de Yucatán|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-20 |title=Marcha Iglesia Anglicana por la diversidad sexual y el matrimonio igualitario en Xalapa |url=http://www.jornadaveracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021062...eracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=La Jornada Veracruz |language=es}}</ref> In February 2022 under his leadership the synod of his diocese by a 66% margin in a secret vote approved a motion to change the marriage canon to allow gay marriage in the church.<ref>https://www.episcopalnewsservice.or...-does-it-stand-across-the-anglican-communion/</ref> | His diocese also spoke out against hate crimes against LGBT people and others.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-06-28 |title="Todos somos iguales ante Dios", reverendo reza por crímenes de odio |url=https://veracruz.lasillarota.com/es...os-reverendo-reza-por-crimenes-de-odio/534015 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=La Silla Rota |language=es}}</ref> Bishop Martin has also proposed a draft version for the blessing of same-gender couples, though the policy is in discussion and not yet approved.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} He has openly called to all Anglican churches to approve gay ecclesiastical marriage by expanding the sacrament of Holy Matrimony to gay people.<ref>https://imagendelgolfo.mx/xalapa/ig...lapa-aboga-por-el-amor-sin-etiquetas/50380477</ref> Other clergy in Bishop Martin's diocese support LGBT inclusion in the church.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-28|title=Tendrá la Iglesia Anglicana en Yucatán un nuevo sacerdote|url=https://www.yucatan.com.mx/imagen/t...o-sacerdote|access-date=2021-07-07|website=El Diario de Yucatán|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-20 |title=Marcha Iglesia Anglicana por la diversidad sexual y el matrimonio igualitario en Xalapa |url=http://www.jornadaveracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021062...eracruz.com.mx/Post.aspx?id=210620_121425_862 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=La Jornada Veracruz |language=es}}</ref> In February 2022 under his leadership the synod of his diocese by a 66% margin in a secret vote approved a motion to change the marriage canon to allow gay marriage in the church.<ref>https://www.episcopalnewsservice.or...-does-it-stand-across-the-anglican-communion/</ref> |
| He has taken part in public demonstrations in support of families of kidnapped and missing persons, has commemorated the students massacred in Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Mexico City in 1968, and has given spiritual support to sexual workers in downtown Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=El obispo que participa en marchas por causas sociales |url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/opinion/el-obispo-que-participa-en-marchas-por-causas-sociales/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=sdpnoticias |language=es}}</ref> He is also a supporter of the long standing Mexican policy of separation of church and state entrenched in the Mexican constitution expressed in a public education free of any religious doctrines or church intervention.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Itzel |date=2021-03-21 |title=Iglesia Anglicana declara a Benito Juárez benefactor histórico |url=https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/l...nito-juarez-benefactor-historico-6502164.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Diario de Xalapa |language=es}}</ref> | He has taken part in public demonstrations in support of families of kidnapped and missing persons, has commemorated the students massacred in Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Mexico City in 1968, and has given spiritual support to sexual workers in downtown Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=El obispo que participa en marchas por causas sociales |url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/opinion/el-obispo-que-participa-en-marchas-por-causas-sociales/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=sdpnoticias |language=es}}</ref> He is also a supporter of the long standing Mexican policy of separation of church and state entrenched in the Mexican constitution expressed in a public education free of any religious doctrines or church intervention.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Itzel |date=2021-03-21 |title=Iglesia Anglicana declara a Benito Juárez benefactor histórico |url=https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/l...nito-juarez-benefactor-historico-6502164.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Diario de Xalapa |language=es}}</ref> |
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