Gay marriage: Church, synagogu, and mosqu won’t be forced to nduct same-sex unns.

Contents:

• ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?
• BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED

| Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag. ”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry.

”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage. As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot.

) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012. It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative.

WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?

Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours.

BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay uple. Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”. Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg.

But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag. A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl.

Last June, Denmark’s parliament passed a law requirg church to nduct gay marriage ceremoni. When Maryland voters legalized gay marriage November, a nservative iend sent me a lk to the Denmark story to expla why he’d voted agast his state’s ballot iative. He says gay marriage don’t bother him, but he’s nvced that as tak root, church and other relig stutns will be forced to embrace .