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Brightve vio" role="img"><tle>Play Brightve vio</tle><path fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M0.542124 0.110987C0.875033 -0.0604726 1.27584 -0.031568 1.5807 0.185886L14.5807 9.45861C14.8479 9.6492 15.0046 9.95875 14.9999 10.2869C14.9952 10.6151 14.8299 10.9201 14.5574 11.103L1.55738 19.8303C1.2507 20.0361 0.85551 20.0562 0.529562 19.8824C0.203615 19.7087 0 19.3694 0 19V1C0 0.625535 0.209216 0.282447 0.542124 0.110987Z" fill="whe"/></svg></i></button></div><vio-js data-acunt="2821697655001" data-player="B1J9ApOVZ" data-embed="flt" ntrols="" data-vio-id="6320042403112" data-playlist-id="" data-applitn-id="" class="_4h-ua"></vio-js></div><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX"><strong class="_1ATDh">Sarah Corker heard om the Archbishop of York after the vote</strong></p><hr/><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The <a class="qNUzV q7LZa" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/topic/church-of-england"><span class="n6NlI">Church of England</span></a>’s general synod has voted favour of offerg blsgs to same-sex upl civil partnerships and marriag.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">A marathon near-eight hour bate across two days end a vote for the proposals on Thursday at a meetg of what is known as the church’s parliament.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">A packed room at Church Hoe Wtmster remaed relatively silent when the rult of the vote was announced.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Immediately before the vote a mute of silence was observed followed by a prayer said by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby.</p><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">Members of the General Synod gathered at Church Hoe central London<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->Jam Manng/PA</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry church.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The motn also clud an acknowledgement of a “failure” to wele LGBTQI+ people and a repentance for the harm they have and ntue to experience the church.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">In a vote broken down by ho, the Hoe of Bishops voted 36 for and four agast wh two abstentns.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The Hoe of Clergy voted 111 favour, 85 agast and three abstentns, while the Hoe of Lay saw 103 vot for, 92 agast and five abstentns.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">While the blsgs have been weled by some as progrs on what has long been a divisive issue, others have said they do not go far enough.</p><div class="qNUzV Z4snd" data-ttid="article-lk"><div class="-VoCt"><a class="WPcEk" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/2023-02-08/the-church-of-england-remas-eply-divid-on-same-sex-marriage">The Church of England remas ‘eply divid’ on same sex marriage</a><i class="cp_in cp_in__chevron cp_in--base uQW1m" aria-hidn="te"><svg xmlns=" width="12" height="20" viewBox="0 0 12 20" fill="none" role="img"> <path fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M0.256714 0.331044C0.626173 -0.0794661 1.25846 -0.112744 1.66897 0.256714L11.669 9.25671C11.8797 9.44635 12 9.71651 12 10C12 10.2835 11.8797 10.5537 11.669 10.7433L1.66897 19.7433C1.25846 20.1127 0.626173 20.0795 0.256714 19.669C-0.112744 19.2584 -0.0794661 18.6262 0.331044 18.2567L9.50515 10L0.331044 1.7433C-0.0794661 1.37384 -0.112744 0.741553 0.256714 0.331044Z" fill="#FFF"/> </svg></i></div></div><div class="qNUzV Z4snd" data-ttid="article-lk"><div class="-VoCt"><a class="WPcEk" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/2023-02-08/toksvig-warns-church-of-england-agast-sacrificg-lgbtq-people-on-the-altar">Toksvig warns Church of England agast 'sacrificg LGBTQ+ people on the altar'</a><i class="cp_in cp_in__chevron cp_in--base uQW1m" aria-hidn="te"><svg xmlns=" width="12" height="20" viewBox="0 0 12 20" fill="none" role="img"> <path fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M0.256714 0.331044C0.626173 -0.0794661 1.25846 -0.112744 1.66897 0.256714L11.669 9.25671C11.8797 9.44635 12 9.71651 12 10C12 10.2835 11.8797 10.5537 11.669 10.7433L1.66897 19.7433C1.25846 20.1127 0.626173 20.0795 0.256714 19.669C-0.112744 19.2584 -0.0794661 18.6262 0.331044 18.2567L9.50515 10L0.331044 1.7433C-0.0794661 1.37384 -0.112744 0.741553 0.256714 0.331044Z" fill="#FFF"/> </svg></i></div></div><figure class="A8Lwr m-O"><div class="cp_placeholr"></div><figptn class="Ya3u6 SilLI" data-ttid="ptned-picture-ptn">Jt Welby durg a Synod at the General Synod of the Church of England.<span class="mjYl8"> Cred: <!-- -->PA</span></figptn></figure><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, told ITV News: "We fd ourselv a posn where what we're dog is not enough for some who want there to be same sex marriage the church, 's way too much for others... so I'm also believg that we're dog somethg else today, which is sayg that we want to walk together, even wh that profound disagreement."</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX"><a class="qNUzV q7LZa" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/2023-01-20/church-of-england-formally-apologis-for-shameful-treatment-of-lgbt-people"><span class="n6NlI">Speakg last month</span></a>, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he “joyfully” weled the blsgs proposals but add that he will not personally rry them out due to his “pastoral rponsibily for the whole munn”.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Begng the lengthy bate on Wednday, Mr Welby admted there is “very paful” disagreement on the matter wh the church but urged those gathered before him to “vote wh their spir-spired nscienc”.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The rult was scribed as a “moment of hope for the Church” by the Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, while Mr Welby issued a jot statement wh the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, to say had been a “long road to get to this pot”.</p><div class="qNUzV Z4snd" data-ttid="article-lk"><div class="-VoCt"><a class="WPcEk" data-ttid="next-lk-anchor" href="/news/2022-05-19/gay-marriag-uld-be-nsired-as-soon-as-next-year-by-the-church-of-england">Gay marriag uld be nsired as soon as next year by the Church of England</a><i class="cp_in cp_in__chevron cp_in--base uQW1m" aria-hidn="te"><svg xmlns=" width="12" height="20" viewBox="0 0 12 20" fill="none" role="img"> <path fill-le="evenodd" clip-le="evenodd" d="M0.256714 0.331044C0.626173 -0.0794661 1.25846 -0.112744 1.66897 0.256714L11.669 9.25671C11.8797 9.44635 12 9.71651 12 10C12 10.2835 11.8797 10.5537 11.669 10.7433L1.66897 19.7433C1.25846 20.1127 0.626173 20.0795 0.256714 19.669C-0.112744 19.2584 -0.0794661 18.6262 0.331044 18.2567L9.50515 10L0.331044 1.7433C-0.0794661 1.37384 -0.112744 0.741553 0.256714 0.331044Z" fill="#FFF"/> </svg></i></div></div><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The archbishops add: “For the first time, the Church of England will publicly, unrervedly and joyfully wele same-sex upl church.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“The church ntu to have ep differenc on the qutns which go to the heart of our human inty.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">“As Archbishops, we are mted to rpectg the nscience of those for whom this go too far and to ensure that they have all the reassuranc they need orr to mata the uny of the church as this nversatn ntu.”</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">Approval of the motn allows same-sex upl to go to Anglin church after a legal marriage ceremony for servic cludg prayers of ditn, thanksgivg and God’s blsg.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The blsgs will not e to effect immediately as the bishops need to issue new pastoral guidance, somethg that is expected to happen by the July synod.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">The Church of England said ments ma at synod will now “gui the bishops as they refe” draft texts known as Prayers of Love and Fah, and prepare the pastoral guidance the g months before the prayers are formally mend for e church.</p><p class="A8Lwr BVYCX">There has been no legislative change the church and the cisn for clergy to offer blsgs is a 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The posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry church. | ITV Natnal News

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MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN

How did your MP vote on the marriage (same sex upl) bill to would legalise gay marriage? Search for them here * gay marriage vote uk results *

Wednday's nfirmatory vote was due to take place at the 2020 nference but that was ncelled bee of the Covid-19 chang mean the Methodist Church now holds two parallel fns of marriage - one posn says "marriage n only be between a man and a woman" and the other that "marriage n be between any two people" officials hope the dual fn will persua nservative church not to leave and protect misters om discrimatn claims if they refe to marry gay Rev Sonia Hicks, print of the Methodist Conference, said: "The bate today and our wir nversatn has been nducted wh grace and mutual rpect.

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Sign up for the View om Wtmster email for expert analysis straight to your boxGet our ee View om Wtmster emailMembers of Parliament have overwhelmg endorsed historic legislatn that will give gay upl the equal right to half a century after homosexualy was legalised Bra the Hoe of Commons voted by a majory of 400 to 175 to refe marriage and make available to embarrassgly for David Cameron he failed to get a majory of his own MPs to support the move. There were 75 Clegg hailed the rult as a “landmark for equaly Bra” which showed “no matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal” while Ed Miliband said was “an important step forward the fight for equaly” Cameron said that while “strong views” existed on both sis he believed votg for gay people beg able to marry was “a step forward for our untry”.

A number of Labour and Liberal Democrats also chose to vote agast the Bill which will now face a bisg passage through mtee and the Hoe of Lords before almost certaly beg law later this the dismay of gay marriage supporters neher Mr Cameron nor the strg of senr Conservative misters who have recently e out to back the change sat the Commons as the Culture Secretary Maria Miller outled the Government's recent days Mr Cameron has also cled to reerate his public support for the Bill wh Downg Street sistg was a genuely ee vote.

“Marriage helps people m to each other and I thk is right that gay people should be able to get married too, ” he said. But is also about makg our society stronger”Ms Miller said the bill would allow society to regnise law that gay upl had the same “pth of feelg, love and mment” as heterosexual upl.

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"The ayMike Freer (Con)“When lleagu talk about gay marriage makg them physilly sick or suggtg is a step toward legimisg polygamy or ct they need to remember that there are people volved. Let me say to honourable members who would say 'he would say that he's a gay man'.

”Timele: 500 years of gay rights Bra1533 Buggery Act: Bra's first civil sodomy law passed durg the reign of Henry VIII1861 Offenc Agast the Person Act remov ath penalty for sodomy1885 Labouchere Amendment troduc offence of gross cency – practice, the law is ed to prosecute homosexuals when sodomy uld not be proven1895 Osr Wil sentenced to two years' hard labour for gross cency1954 Lord Montagu imprisoned for 12 months for “nsensual homosexual offenc” landmark se along wh two other men1957 Wolfenn Report nclus: “Homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence”1965 Tory Whip Lord Arran propos the crimalisatn of homosexual acts1966 Conservative MP Humphry Berkeley propos crimalisatn.

Labour MP Leo Abse tak up the issue and persuas Home Secretary Roy Jenks to support him1967 Sexual Offenc Act allows homosexual acts private between nsentg men aged over 21 England and Wal. Homosexual behavur remas illegal elsewhere the UK1981 Homosexualy crimalised Stland and Northern Ireland the followg year1988 Lol Government Act prohibs “the tentnal promotn of homosexualy” a provisn known as Sectn 281992 Homosexualy crimalised Isle of Man1994 Age of nsent rced to 18 by the Crimal Jtice and Public Orr Act1999 Liftg of ban on gays armed forc2000 Age of nsent equalised at 162002 Adoptn and Children Act allows same-sex upl to adopt2003 Sectn 28 repealed2004 Civil Partnership Act: same-sex upl granted same rights as those civil marriag2007 Sexual Orientatn Regulatns prohib discrimatn provisn of goods and servic on grounds of sexual orientatn2008 Offence of hate crime troduced on grounds of sexual or genr inty2009 David Cameron apologis over troductn of Sectn 28; same-sex upl given equal rights to IVF2011 Civil partnerships allowed plac of worship.

GAY MARRIAGE: MPS BACK BILL SPE CONSERVATIVE BACKBENCH OPPOSN

The posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry church. * gay marriage vote uk results *

How did your MP vote on the marriage (same sex upl) bill to legalise gay marriage?

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Church of England prits will be permted to bls the civil marriag of same-sex upl a profound shift the church’s stance on homosexualy after a historic vote by s erng first blsgs for gay upl uld happen this summer.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

”Nigel Pietroni, the chair of the Campaign for Equal Marriage the C of E, said the cisn “falls short of what we ultimately believe is the only oute for radil cln – equal marriage for all people”, but was “a small step forward” gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The offer of blsgs to same-sex partners is an sult.

Media ptn, The rult of the vote on gay marriage was read out to a packed Hoe of CommonsMPs have approved same-sex marriage England and Wal a key Commons vote, spe the opposn of almost half the Conservative MPs.

Marriage is about love and mment, and should no longer be nied to people jt bee they are 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'. Prits will have the optn to bls gay upl but n opt out.

MPS VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE BILL BY 400 TO 175 FACE OF WISPREAD TORY REBELLN

"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'.

The Hoe of Lay voted 103 favour, 92 agast, and 5 bishops will now falise the wordg of the new prayers and also issue new guidance on whether gay clergy mt rema celibate before the synod meets aga on this story.

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