The Hoe of Bishops on gay marriage – Part two of a two-part study

In this send ntributn to the current bate on gay marriage and the C of E's Hoe of Bishops Report, the Rev'd Jonathan Clatworthy nclus: Reflectg on that whole history of church teachg about sexual ethics, one nnot help noticg that the chang sce the early 1960s have been remarkably fast. I spect this means three thgs. Firstly, the chang have been much need. Sendly, younger people fd hard to unrstand why their parents and grandparents behaved as they did. Thirdly, we are left wh much unfished bs. A century ago, there was a clearly unrstood ethil tradn about sex: was only for childbearg wh marriage. That tradn was sanctned by a wily accepted moral thory, the Christian church. Now, there is no clearly unrstood ethil system. If any prciple is emergg as a crern of acceptable sex, is simply nsent between the parti. In the procs, the moral thory of the church has llapsed. So far, nothg has replaced . As long as the eccliastil learship ntu to tear self apart over gay marriage, the general public nnot fet why the church are no longer seen as a moral thory. ...