Contents:
- COE REJECTS THE THORY OF SCRIPTURE BY EMBRACG GAY BLSGS SAYS GAFCON
- RPONS TO GAY BLSGS CISN
- GAFON GB RPONDS TO COE SYNOD VOTE ON GAY BLSGS
COE REJECTS THE THORY OF SCRIPTURE BY EMBRACG GAY BLSGS SAYS GAFCON
Church of England prits will be permted to bls the civil marriag of same-sex upl a profound shift the church’s stance on homosexualy after a historic vote by s erng first blsgs for gay upl uld happen this summer. ”Nigel Pietroni, the chair of the Campaign for Equal Marriage the C of E, said the cisn “falls short of what we ultimately believe is the only oute for radil cln – equal marriage for all people”, but was “a small step forward” gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The offer of blsgs to same-sex partners is an sult.
“The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent, ” the bishops wrote.
Among them is a re for the “sealg of a venanted iendship, ” referrg to a type of mted same-sex relatnship that is lovg but not sexual, siar to the biblil stori of Ruth and Naomi or Jonathan and David – a type of relatnship more mon the early church that has been recently advoted by celibate gay Christians. The overwhelmg view of MPs on both sis of the hoe is that is not staable for our tablished church to be stutnally homophobic and to actively exclu a portn of the populatn, whom they have a duty to serve.
RPONS TO GAY BLSGS CISN
Some parishners fear the PCC’s stance means gay upl will be unable to fd a church willg to bls their civil marriage the town and surroundg £235, 000 that Great Chham pays annually to the dce to ver clergy salari and other sts reprents about 1. Progrsiv say the move would mean gay Christians are still send-class cizens the church; tradnalists say is a break wh biblil teachg that marriage is between a man and a woman.