CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — 'The issue of gay people and their rights is equivalent a stggle our time to the one over race,' said Michael Curry, pridg bishop of the Epispal Church.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAK MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ON GAY 'MARRIAGE' - LEFTISTS WILL HATE THIS
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND WON’T REGNIZE GAY MARRIAGE BUT WILL ALLOW CERTA CEREMONI
GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
A new anery chapter for the cy of London has been formed by a group of evangelil Anglin clergy opposed to the Church of England's plans to troduce gay blsgs. * church of england on 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.
For same-sex upl, beg gay and beg a Christian don’t always f together easily, pecially when they are makg plans for their weddg day. It means the church uld be closer than ever to allowg gay upl to weddgs were ma legal England and Wal 2014, but those same laws also protected the Church of England’s right to NOT hold such ceremoni whout the fear of beg taken to urt unr equaly legislatn.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
I am gay and startg to thk about planng my own weddg and when people ask me what sort of ceremony I would like, I don’t yet have an answer bee I know that one optn that is not open to me is to have a ceremony my church. They both met through church but feel like on their weddg day last summer they had to choose between beg gay and beg a Christian bee, like any same-sex uple, they were not allowed to marry wh the Church of England.
One of the those leadg the project is Canon Gil Goddard, vir of St John’s Waterloo who is himself gay and a civil partnership.
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. ”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. The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAK MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ON GAY 'MARRIAGE' - LEFTISTS WILL HATE THIS
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.
“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours. Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay uple.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND WON’T REGNIZE GAY MARRIAGE BUT WILL ALLOW CERTA CEREMONI
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.