Changg Attu Ireland is a work of Anglin Christians, Gay and Straight wh supporters om other Christian nomatns workg for the full affirmatn of LGBT people wh the Church of Ireland. CAI is dited to celebratg and matag the tradnal clivy and diversy of the Anglin Communn.
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) is a Church of Ireland anisatn wh ecumenil iends, heterosexual and gay, lay and ordaed, workg for the full affirmatn of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) persons wh the Church Ireland. In a letter to the people of the Church of Ireland dc of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, to be published the dcan magaze next weekend, Bishop Pl Colton will enurage lbian and gay people and their iends and fai, to advise him on how bt to put place “a listeng procs” the procs is a key part of a natnal approach, adopted by the Standg Commtee of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland, to the sexualy bate wh the of a seri of regnal nferenc volvg groups of three dc, each bishop has been asked to set up a dialogue procs his or her Colton said the stori and views of a spectm of gay and lbian people and their fai should be heard this procs. “We have to nfs that the church has been plic for centuri makg life tolerable for many lbian and gay people, even their persecutn and victimisatn, ” he said.
“Carels words have fed homophobia. “Even more recent tim, seems that so much of the bate has been happeng whout lbian and gay people beg volved; talkg about people rather than wh them. “I know well that many gay and lbian people, and their fai, have been wound by the church and, my Christmas sermon 2003, I asked fivens for that.
A bishop has ved the gay and lbian muny to get volved a procs that will shape his church’s stance on sexualy. * lgbt church of ireland *
”His letter will be published this weekend, jt days after the Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross, John Buckley, said gay people serve nothg but rpect and love om Catholics, and should never be nmned or rejected.
“I am talkg about every tegory of people, cludg LGBT [lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr] people, ” said Dr Buckley. Gay Project. The missn of the Gay Project as per the Constutn is to ensure that gay, bisexual, men who have sex wh men (MSM), trans and queer men are enabled to participate fully Ireland’s social, enomic, cultural, polil and artistic life.