Church of England bishops refe to back gay marriage

The church do not currently allow for same-sex marriage and do not officially sanctn same-sex civil marriag, while gay clergy are permted to have a partner providg they rema Bishop of London, the Right Rev Dame Sarah Mullally, said bishops tend to “draw up scenars for different out” to put forward to the synod, though she add she did not know what “the oute of this procs is gog to be” years, LGBT+ rights groups have mpaigned on the issue, allegg that parish n be unwelg and hostile, which some s has led to emotnal or spirual abe.

However, some warn ntual lays over the cisn is g prsn among many gay and transgenr Christians, sometim leadg to suici.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

'Prayers for God's blsg'The bishops' cisn puts the Church of England at odds wh s Anglin equivalent Stland, The Sttish Epispal Church, and the Prbyterian Church of Stland, which both allow same-sex Anglin Church Wal has provid an thorised service of blsg for gay upl but do not allow same-sex weddgs church.

English bishops will remend that some "prayers for God's blsg" for gay upl civil marriag be adopted, the BBC expects. They have been wag to marry until the church allows gay said they felt a "ep disappotment" that the bishops weren't proposg a vote on same-sex marriag. "We're still sayg to gay upl that their relatnships are ls than relatnships between people of oppose sex.

"However, he said they would ntue to mpaign for the Church to change s teachg on marryg gay said: "This isn't over. "The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev'd Stephen Cottrell, told BBC Rad 4's Today programme a iend who was gay had died before he was able to have his civil partnership acknowledged any way by the Church.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

The Church of England has said will bls same-sex, civil marriag for the first time after s bishops proposed to change s stance on same-sex s posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still not be able to marry Church of England bishops met on Tuday to falise remendatns after five years of nsultatn and bate on the Church's posn on sexualy, acrdg to the broadster said spoke wh several bishops prent at the meetg who said the Church teachg that Holy Matrimony exists only between one man and one woman would not change nor be put to a vote at the General Synod next marriage has been legal England and Wal sce 2013, but the Church did not change s teachg when the law changed.

Comedian and televisn prenter Sandi Toksvig, who is gay, said the liv of LGBTQ+ people were 'at stake' followg the relig lear's 'horrible mistake' reaffirmg a rolutn which stated that marriage is 'between a man and a woman', and that same-sex relatnships are 'patible wh scripture' Welby rpond by sayg that the Anglin Communn, of which the Church of England is part, is a 'plited group of church' wh 'ep differenc many areas' he told the Lambeth Conference, a meetg of Anglin bishops which took place this summer, that he uld not and would not punish church for nductg gay November, the Bishop of Oxford beme the most senr cleric to ll for change when he said the Church should allow same-sex marriage for both s ngregatn and s Rt Rev Steven Croft said he wanted to acknowledge the 'acute pa and distrs of LGBTQ+ people the life of the Church' a lengthy say, the bishop said he was sorry that the church has been 'so slow' to 'reach better cisns and practice on the matters' and apologised for his own views beg 'slow to change' the bishop also said clergy mt have the optn not to opt to any new arrangements, sayg that should be regnised that is a 'legimate and honourable posn' for those who want to keep a 'tradnal view of marriage and human sexualy' Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell told BBC Rad 4's Today programme: 'Two years ago one of my olst, art iends died. He was a prit, he was a life-long, stable, mted, fahful partnership, he was gay. Image source, PA MediaImage ptn, The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Jt Welby, warned the Church's parliament not to give to the "fear of a slippery slope" when batg plans to bls same-sex uplThe Church of England has backed proposals to allow prayers of blsg for same sex posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry plans, set out by bishops last month, have been cricised om those who thk they go too far and those who thk they don't go far the motn was passed all three of synod's 'ho'.

ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL

Prits will have the optn to bls gay upl but n opt out.

"God's blsgIn more than eight hours of bate there were 18 vot on attempted amendments, both om nservativ and amendment to force a vote on changg the Church's teachg and allowg gay upl to marry Church was only amendment that passed was om nservativ, rercg that the new prayers of blsg "should not be ntrary to or ditive of a parture om the doctre of the Church of England" which do not allow same-sex marriage.

The motn had been brought by the Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, and was the rult of six years of work on qutns of inty, sexualy, relatnships and marriage known as Livg In Love And relign edor Aleem Maqbool said: "It may sound ntradictory to vote to bls same-sex marriag, but still nsir them as unns that fy Church of England doctre but that after five years of nsultatn is the formula that's been settled on" said Church lears were celebratg the move as "a watershed moment and a move forward towards acceptance of LGBTQ unns, but a way that holds the stutn together" is not the type of marriage equaly that, for example, the Epispal Church Stland long approved - for now, gay upl will still not be able to have a Church of England fal motn was passed across the synod's three 'ho'.