I Am a Gay Vir And the Church of England Is an Embarrassg Ms

Contents:

• ANOTHER GAY ANGLIN PRIT MARRI LONG-TERM PARTNER
• BRA'S ONLY OPENLY MARRIED GAY VIR ELECTED TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND SYNOD
• I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS

ANOTHER GAY ANGLIN PRIT MARRI LONG-TERM PARTNER

Another gay Anglin vir has married his long-term male partner, fyg the Church of England's ban on clergy enterg same-sex marriag.

BRA'S ONLY OPENLY MARRIED GAY VIR ELECTED TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND SYNOD

Collier admted his marriage put him at odds wh the Hoe of Bishops, the body which issued guidance banng clergy om enterg gay marriag. Bishops have ltle power to prevent gay clergy om marryg nor to sack them if they do. The Southwark spokman refed to say whether Collier would face any admonn, as other prits who have married their gay partners have done.

RelatedArchbishop of Canterbury is makg plans for another primat meetgChurch of England prit qus to marry gay partnerDivisns epen Church of England as nservativ exprs 'lack of nfince' gay marriage talksShared Conversatns: Why the Church of England still has a long way to go on sexualy. Bra’s only openly married gay vir has been elected to the Church of England’s General Synod, and will e his posn to “advote for a church that fac up to issu of sexualy a hont and passnate way” Forhew-Ca, the vir of St Mary wh All Souls, Kilburn and St Jam, Wt Hampstead, said he was “pleased but shocked” at his electn the London sectn of the natnwi ballot to the church’s erng body.

Another gay vir, Bertrand Olivier of All Hallows by the Tower, the Cy of London, was also elected after what he scribed as a “polarisg” ntt. “The next five years will be que important as the Church of England ntu to nsir how als wh gay marriage as the rt of the world mov on, ” he this week Jeremy Pemberton, a gay hospal chapla who is awag the oute of an dtrial tribunal agast the church, will fd out if his bid for a synod seat has been succsful. The church was “guilty of terrible dishonty” on the issue, he well as mpaigng on gay rights wh the church, Forhew-Ca said he also wanted to prs for the re-tablishment of the synod’s thory.

I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS

Father Krysztof Olaf Charamsa (L), who works for a Vatin office, hugs his partner Edouard durg a prs nference to reveal his homosexualy Rome, Italy, October 3, 2015. This week the Church of England found self a very publicly difficult suatn about sexualy— the end of Augt, Bishop Nicholas Chamberla, the Bishop of Grantham, me out as the first openly gay bishop wh a partner. We now know that the Archbishop of Canterbury knew about this and ed had them both round for dner; the Bishop of Lln knew, and ed the prs office at Church Hoe knew—'s jt that they uldn't bear to thk that anyone else would weekend has also seen the publishg of an open letter om 14 of the married gay and lbian clergy of the Church of England, and other some married lay people, to our bishops.

I had been wh my hband for 15 years before we uld marry, and beg married has ma a real difference—somehow the whole relatnship feels more solidly ground and we rejoice that official posn is that lay people n pretty much do as they please, though the Church ensured that is impossible for gay upl to legally marry a Church of England parish and lol clergy are banned om offerg servic of blsg, such as those given to Prce Charl and Cala after their civil marriage, even if the uple haven't been volved a notor are allowed to enter civil partnerships, aga whout a church service afterwards, and have to promise not to have sex wh each other. Bishop Nic is not a civil partnership but has said that he is celibate and this he is entirely pliant wh the current Church has been an attempt at a blanket stop on marriage for gay and lbian clergy, and those who do are officially discipled, and a ban placed on them ever gettg a new post the Church. The Church will not nsir for ordatn anyone who is married to someone of the same sex, no matter how good a prit they might quietly, clergy are gettg married or nvertg their civil partnerships to marriage; gay ordands sexual relatnships are gettg the nod through while appearg to ply wh the selectn procr; and clergy are havg sex their civil partnerships.

Prits are offerg servic of blsg and thanksgivg to gay and lbian upl and parish celebratg wh them.