A panel of bishops is set to spark a h row over homosexualy by pavg the way for the Church of England to relax s stance on gay clergy.
Contents:
- I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS
- BRA'S ONLY OPENLY MARRIED GAY VIR ELECTED TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND SYNOD
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS: 'DON'T MAKE GAY VIRS PROMISE NOT TO HAVE SEX'
- DO YOU MEAN SOME VIRS AREN'T GAY?
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- VIRS WHO BLS GAY UPL CHURCH ULD BE SUED, SAY LAWYERS
- DIVORCED GAY VIR, 55, QUS HER PARISH DISGRACE FOR GOOD AMID CLAIMS SHE HAD DNKEN ROWS WH A STRG OF GIRLIENDS
- THE REBEL PRIT: ‘GAY PEOPLE THE CHURCH ARE NOT GOG TO GO AWAY’
- ABOUT GAY VIRS.
- CAN A GAY VIR MARRY PEOPLE?
- 80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK
- WILL YOUNG: ARRT VIRS WHO SAY GAY MARRIAGE IS ‘ABHORRENT’
I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS
* can vicars be gay *
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.
BRA'S ONLY OPENLY MARRIED GAY VIR ELECTED TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND SYNOD
A gay prit om Deviz is planng to 'marry' his 25 year-old boyiend whout the blsg of the church. * can vicars be gay *
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. 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.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS: 'DON'T MAKE GAY VIRS PROMISE NOT TO HAVE SEX'
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. 'Don't make gay virs promise not to have sex': Church of England bishops say civil partners should not be treated any differently than other clericsPanel of bishops hop to fluence Church's view on homosexual clergyClaims that gay clerics should not have to promise to absta om sexReport will be hand to Archbishop of Canterbury next month Published: 01:25 BST, 10 November 2013 | Updated: 01:34 BST, 10 November 2013 A panel of bishops is set to spark a h row over homosexualy by pavg the way for the Church of England to relax s stance on gay clergy.
DO YOU MEAN SOME VIRS AREN'T GAY?
Controversial: The four bishops will hand over their nclns a report to the Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby, pictured, next month They will argue that gay clergy should not be treated any differently than other clerics who do not face tsive qutng about their sex liv - and that they should be able to follow Church teachgs whout havg to make a solemn vow.
But the move is likely to provoke fury among nservativ, who will regard as another step towards the acceptance of actively gay clergy by the tradnalist said: ‘This is a slippery slope.
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
’The long-awaed report, beg drawn up by the bishops and penntly chaired by former senr civil servant Sir Joseph Pillg, is also likely to urge church to be far more welg to gay people, and enurage virs to support them wh prayers.
VIRS WHO BLS GAY UPL CHURCH ULD BE SUED, SAY LAWYERS
It will mean that gay clergy will have even ls centive to rema celibate'- Unnamed tradnalist It will not ll for a change to the Church’s current teachg that sex outsi tradnal marriage is sful, but sourc said will open the door to further liberalisatn by llg for a fundamental review. However, the report will stop short of remendg that formal servic are drawn up to bls civil partnerships as that would be seen as too siar to gay marriage, which the Church strongly report is set to be nsired next month at a full meetg of the Hoe of Bishops, chaired by Archbishop Welby, which will ci how to take the matter forward. A fierce bate on civil partnerships and gay marriage is likely next year the Church’s Parliament, the General issue is one of the most ntent facg the Archbishop of is a strong cric of the legalisatn of gay marriage, but has signalled he is rethkg his tradnalist approach towards homosexualy, and has unrled his support for civil partnerships.
Durg the latt row about the appotment of a gay bishop, I was shocked to realise that there are apparently clergymen who are not gay.
DIVORCED GAY VIR, 55, QUS HER PARISH DISGRACE FOR GOOD AMID CLAIMS SHE HAD DNKEN ROWS WH A STRG OF GIRLIENDS
Yet this is all part of the jam that the Church got self to when, 1998, the Lambeth Conference ndoned gay relatnships but not gay sex. This is unliveable nonsense, but the Church of England, like so many anachronistic bodi such as the Tory Party and the Hoe of Lords, is abnormally terted gay sex. There is still a world where homosexualy is shockg, unrm fay valu and is thoroughly nasty.
Alongsi this world, there is another which everyone lov Graham Norton, Cabet Misters n be gay and gay upl feature on Changg Rooms and no one bats an eyelid. Yet the wispread acceptance of homosexualy is borne out by every survey on social attus.
5 ln Anglins, has clared homosexualy an abomatn and has been eply upset by the electn of an openly gay bishop New Hampshire, USA.
THE REBEL PRIT: ‘GAY PEOPLE THE CHURCH ARE NOT GOG TO GO AWAY’
"Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.
ABOUT GAY VIRS.
There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d.
”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. For openly gay virs, the Church of England, sayg "I do" a same-sex civil ceremony also means sayg "I don't" to remag celibate. "What we're allowed to do, as a gay uple, is what this all about, " he told BBC Wiltshire.
He add his posn as a founr and director of Changg Attu, an ternatnal work of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and heterosexual members of the Church of England, has given him a unique sight. " But, 55 years on, not only is the vir openly gay, but openly arrangg his civil ceremony and church service partnership to live- partner Bobby.
CAN A GAY VIR MARRY PEOPLE?
The service is set for 9 October at Col's church, St Johns Deviz, the church service will be a Communn Eucharist service rather then a blsg service which is forbidn for homosexual upl. "It n bls almost anythg else animals, bombs, battlhips, armi gog to war but gay upl?
80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK
Issu Human Sexualy: "We have, therefore, to say that our nsired judgment clergy nnot claim the liberty to enter to sexually active homophile relatnships. " For Tony Green, of the UK-based Lbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM), 's a "typilly Anglin fudge" that the bishops have e up wh.
WILL YOUNG: ARRT VIRS WHO SAY GAY MARRIAGE IS ‘ABHORRENT’
"Yet at the same time they had to uphold the official teachg of the Church of England ncerng gay prits needg to be celibate. "So for Bishops who oppose gay relatnships, is perhaps not surprisg if they sist on the prits reaffirmg their mment to the Church's teachg.
Synodil l mean a two-thirds majory would be need to officially rewre Church doctre to mean marriage n clu gay upl. Acpanyg guidance om the Church of England’s legal team argu that the Prayers of Love and Fah, spe blsg married same-sex upl, do not ntradict the Church’s doctre that marriage is only between one man and one is bee, sce the troductn of gay marriage 2013, civil marriage the ey of the state has been different to Holy Matrimony as the Church unrstands . Therefore, any prit who do e Prayers of Love and Fah for a gay uple uld be breakg the law and openg themselv up to beg taken to urt by nservative activists hopg to unrme bishops’ attempts to liberalise over same-sex issu, that the risk would be taken not by the bishops who wrote the blsgs but the vir who rri them out, is “ut and unfair” to ask clergy to act as tt s for the bishops’ terpretatn of the law, the letter nclus.