Contents:
- CONGREGATN RALLI BEHD GAY UPLE WHO ARE LEAVG WT ARMIDALE ANGLIN CHURCH
- ‘A NEW CHURCH’: WHY A UNG REVEREND IS PREACHG TO ANGLINS A GAY UPLE’S HOME
- GAY MARRIED UPLE TOLD TO SEPARATE, BE CELIBATE TO KEEP JOB CHURCH
- NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
CONGREGATN RALLI BEHD GAY UPLE WHO ARE LEAVG WT ARMIDALE ANGLIN CHURCH
The ngregatn at a small Anglin church northern NSW has rallied behd a gay uple, who have left the church after a dispute wh the pots:Peter Sanrs and his hband both held learship posns at St Mary's church, Wt 've stepped away after ncerns om the clergy over their ngregatn has begun a mpaign to have the men Sanrs, the former anist at St Mary's Anglin Church Wt Armidale, has been married to his hband sce early last said he was told May that he uld not ntue that role unls he and his hband separated, lived celibately and unrtook relig uple did not agree to those ndns, and have sce stopped attendg church servic. (Supplied: Sharon Roobol)"It was our rpective parish, the past, that had helped to accept ourselv and live the life that we believe God tend to live as gay Christian men, " he Bishop of the Armidale Dce, Reverend Rod Chiswell, said a statement that he and the Dean had sought to have a "pastoral nversatn" wh Mr Sanrs and his hband, and did not dismiss Mr Sanrs om his role.
If ’s any help I’m an 18 y/o closeted bi/gay guy (don’t really know yet) and I would probably spend 3 years at UNE before pletg the rt of my gree Newstle. “And the right state of grace is beg a heterosexual, or a celibate gay person, ” says Sanrs. And we wanted our two brothers back, who are gay and married, ” supporter Marg Kennedy Kennedy, a key supporter of the two Peters who helped wh the ia of the new ngregatn.
‘A NEW CHURCH’: WHY A UNG REVEREND IS PREACHG TO ANGLINS A GAY UPLE’S HOME
We found tolerable after a while and cid that we need to move forward wh our gay brethren.
GAY MARRIED UPLE TOLD TO SEPARATE, BE CELIBATE TO KEEP JOB CHURCH
Sanrs is referrg to Bishop Peter Jensen, the first lear of Gafn, a breakaway nservative movement wh the church that was set up 2008 reactn to velopments the broar church, cludg the ordatn of an openly gay bishop and acceptance of same sex suatn Armidale is at the nex between Atralian polics’ flirtatn wh the culture wars, the Relig Discrimatn bill, and the rift wh the global Anglin church self. “This is an important issue for every Atralian who has gay children or are gay themselv, ” Mr Sanrs said.
NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
“It’s how the church speaks om the pulp about people such as myself, ” he Morrison ernment has released two drafts of the Relig Discrimatn Bill, which aims to stop discrimatn based on relig belief or activy but there are ncerns to what extent relig groups will be able to hire and fire staff based on their valu, cludg gay employe.
A bid by New South Wal police to exclu a high-profile killg om a gay hate quiry has been ath of US mathematician Stt Johnson is one of dozens of s unr the spotlight at a special missn of quiry to spected gay hate crim Sydney between 1970 and 27-year-old died after he was punched at a gay beat on Sydney’s northern beach.