The Church of England is the midst of a plex and ght ternal bate over same-sex marriage and LGBT issu. Currently bans gay weddgs church and do not let clergy enter same-sex marriag eher, although some of s sister Church have permted this
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- CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'MT ACCEPT ACTIVELY GAY CLERGY'
- GAY CLERGY URGE GREATER CLN CHURCH OF ENGLAND
- WHY ARE SO MANY OF THE CLERGY GAY?
- SURVEY SET TO REVEAL NUMBER OF GAY CLERGY CHURCH OF ENGLAND
- BISHOP ALAN WILSON ENURAG GAY CLERGY IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO COME OUT
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'MT ACCEPT ACTIVELY GAY CLERGY'
Profsor Diarmaid MacCulloch says is time for the Anglin munn to regnise the revolutn attus to gay people * gay clergy church of england *
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.
GAY CLERGY URGE GREATER CLN CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Fourteen Church of England clergy same-sex marriag have lled on bishops to do more to clu gay people the life of the Church * gay clergy church of england *
A leadg historian has lled for the Church of England to accept gay partnerships among s clergy, stead of enuragg them to hi their sexualy or rema celibate.
Diarmaid MacCulloch, profsor of the history of the church at the Universy of Oxford and prenter of BBC4's A History of Christiany, wr the Guardian that while there has been a revolutn attus towards gay people the UK, "the church has jt stuck s fgers s ears and chanted la-la-la". "His ments e nearly a week after was revealed that Jefey John, the most senr openly gay cleric the church, was nsirg sug his employers for discrimatn.
WHY ARE SO MANY OF THE CLERGY GAY?
by Ancient Bron: 'Puzzled' mentator posed the qutn a ment unr my prev entry, "Why are so many of the clergy gay??? It seems to be the norm the days. I nnot unrstand ." A ltle 'Googlg' fds some tertg facts given the current protts by LGBT activists about excln. Twenty-two years ago Andrew * gay clergy church of england *
MacCulloch argu that "the Anglin munn has … imposed pulsory celibacy on a large sectn of s clergy: those who regnise they are predomantly gay sexual orientatn".
He also cricis the selectn procs for new prits, which he says is obssed wh the sexualy of ndidat and "vot an ordate amount of time to quizzg them about " the moment the church's posn is that there is no bar to gay people assumg cleril office, even if they are civil partnerships, wh the ccial proviso that they mt not be sexually active. "Reverend Rod Thomas, chair of the nservative group Reform, said the appotment of a gay bishop England would lead to divisn the church as had done the US. "Explag the church's abily to e to terms wh the issue of gay clergy, MacCulloch poted to a crisis of masculy.
SURVEY SET TO REVEAL NUMBER OF GAY CLERGY CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Top Bishop Inv Gay Clergy To Come Out * gay clergy church of england *
"It's tertg that female homosexualy don't tert the clergy so much. It's male homosexualy and that's bee 's still a very male-domated stutn. Fourteen Church of England clergy same-sex marriag have lled on bishops to do more to clu gay people the life of the a letter to the Sunday Tim, they said they wanted to eventually see gay upl allowed to marry Church.
BISHOP ALAN WILSON ENURAG GAY CLERGY IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO COME OUT
Some of the clergy signg the letter were revealg they were gay and married for the first time letter after Bishop Nicholas Chamberla said on Friday he was gay and a relatnship. Publitn the n-up to a College of Bishops meetg om 12 to 15 September which will discs issu of epispal mistry and clergy said bishops should be bold, and allow gay people to "celebrate whout fear and openns", though they said that now is not yet the time to change the church's official unrstandg of letter reads: "But many our parish have already ma that move and is time to rpect that a diversy of theology wh the Church now exists and that there is more than one unrstandg of what a fahful Christian may believe on the issu.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
"Image source, Dce of LlnImage ptn, The Bishop of Grantham beme a sufagan the Lln dce November last yearBishop Chamberla revealed he was gay an terview wh the Guardian, which he said he unrstood and lived by the Church guil, which say gay clergy mt rema celibate. Followg the news, the nservative Anglin group Gafn said appotg a gay man as the bishop of Grantham had been a "major error" Chamberla was nsecrated last year by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby - who has said he knew about the bishop's sex relatnships and the ChurchThe Hoe of Bishops has issued guidance about gay relatnships which say "same sex relatnships often embody genue mutualy and fily" the guidance adds: "Gettg married to someone of the same sex would, however, clearly be at variance wh the teachg of the Church of England.