Contents:
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE DISARRAY AFTER VOTE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE DISARRAY AFTER VOTE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S GAY MARRIAGE VOTE: DID IT FAIL BY ACCINT?
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
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. Although Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, recently affirmed the validy of a 1998 claratn that gay sex was a s, there are signs that the C of E may be movg towards allowg clergy to follow their nscience on the issue.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE DISARRAY AFTER VOTE
Anglin church the US, Stland and Canada have already moved to start nductg same-sex weddgs, while the church Wal has started offerg blsgs to married gay upl. LONDON — The Church of England's legislative body on Wednday voted agast a report om bishops that rejected the ia of blsg same-sex marriag, the latt row over an issue that has divid the Church for wir Anglin munn, which has 85 ln members worldwi, has been crisis sce 2003 bee of arguments over sexualy and genr between liberal member church the Wt and their nservative unterparts, mostly the Church of England, where the Anglin tradn origated, is self divid, pecially over how to al wh same-sex marriag which are legal latt ntroversy stems om a report issued January by the Hoe of Bishops, which along wh the ho of Clergy and Lay mak up the Church's legislature, known as the bishops' report re-affirmed the Church teachg that marriage is between a man and a woman, while llg for "a h tone and culture of wele and support for lbian and gay people" advoted stickg to the stat quo terms of Church law on marriage, while terpretg the law "to perm maximum eedom wh " practice, this would exclu church blsgs for same-sex marriag, angerg crics who poted out that warships, animals and pubs are eligible for bishops' report required majory support each of the three ho to be endorsed by the synod, but the Hoe of Clergy voted agast durg a ssn London on Wednday.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE DISARRAY AFTER VOTE
A small crowd of protters monstrated outsi the venue where the synod was meetg, holdg banners wh slogans such as "Proud to be gay, now make me proud to be Christian" vote left the bishops' refully word posn on same-sex marriage disarray.
A Church spokwoman said that while the vote was non-bdg, practice would make hard to take the bishops' proposals before the vote, a group of 14 retired bishops published an open letter to their succsors cricizg the report and sayg would e ep disappotment among lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people. 9 that gay upl would be allowed to e to church after a civil marriage or civil partnership to give thanks, dite their relatnship to God and receive God’s blsg.
”A spokperson for Lambeth Palace, the London home of the archbishop of Canterbury, would neher nfirm nor ny his issue of homosexualy arose durg an ecumenil pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, which clud Pope Francis, Archbishop Welby and the Rev. ”He said that optns to force same-sex church marriag clud the removal of all the safeguards wrten to the legislatn to assure Parliament durg the progrs of the bill that Christian groups would be MP for Rhondda, Sir Chris Bryant, a former Anglin mister, also ved the Lear of the Hoe, Penny Mordnt, a fellow mpaigner for gay marriage, to perm parliamentary time “for legislatn to ph the Church of England to allowg same-sex marriag to be nducted by parish and clergy who want to do that, if Synod don’t act.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S GAY MARRIAGE VOTE: DID IT FAIL BY ACCINT?
”Durg an -flight news nference after the pilgrimage, Pope Francis said: “Crimalizg people wh homosexual tennci is an jtice.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
”The issue of homosexualy meanwhile arose durg an ecumenil pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, which clud Pope Francis, Archbishop Welby and the Rev.
Ia Greenshields, the morator of the Church of an -flight news nference after the pilgrimage, Pope Francis said: “Crimalizg people wh homosexual tennci is an jtice.
”He add: “People wh homosexual tennci are children of God. ”The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that sexual orientatn is not a s but homosexual sexual activy is always morally impermissible. The Vatin issued a document 2021 emphasizg that both gay marriage and blsgs for same-sex unns remaed General Synod of the Church of England voted Feb.