The Church of England is the midst of a plex and ght ternal bate over same-sex marriage and LGBT issu. Currently bans gay weddgs church and do not let clergy enter same-sex marriag eher, although some of s sister Church have permted this
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- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
- THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TAK A “THIRD WAY” ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS NO TO GAY MARRIAGE BUT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WEL BLSGS FOR SAME-SEX UPL HISTORIC FIRST
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
The bishops will remend that "prayers for God's blsg" for gay upl be adopted, the BBC expects. * church of england view on 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.
'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.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
* church of england view on gay marriage *
"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.
The meetg as support for marriage for gay upl is growg wh the church, most notably among evangelil members of the epispate who have long opposed .
This summer, at the Anglin Communn’s all-bishops meetg known as the Lambeth Conference, the current archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby, tried to mollify nservative bishops by reaffirmg a 1998 claratn that gay sex is a s, while reassurg liberals by sayg he would not punish natnal church the Communn that allow prits to marry same-sex upl.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TAK A “THIRD WAY” ON GAY MARRIAGE
Conservative bishops om the global south lled Welby’s refal to disciple church over gay marriage “a lamentable posn, ” but none threatened to leave. Clergy and parish who do not agree to gay marriage ought to have the right to “distance themselv om the parts of the Church that wele and affirm same-sex relatnship. At the same time, Chsun said, there are problems for those who are gay wh the Church of England, sayg is “not safe for those same-sex unns.
The Church Wal offers blsgs to civilly married gay upl. 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. "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'.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS NO TO GAY MARRIAGE BUT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WEL BLSGS FOR SAME-SEX UPL HISTORIC FIRST
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. Currently bans gay weddgs church, allows prayers of support to same sex upl followg a civil partnership or marriage and allows clergy to enter a civil partnership.
In a 2017 terview, when asked for his views on “gay sex”, the Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby, said: “I am havg to stggle to be fahful to the tradn, fahful to the scripture, to unrstand what the ll and will of God is the 21st century and to rpond appropriately wh an answer for all people … that vers both sis of the argument. The 1998 Lambeth Conference (a gatherg of bishops om the worldwi provc of the Anglin Communn) passed a rolutn characterisg “homosexual practice as patible wh Scripture”. This rolutn is not bdg on any of the Anglin church worldwi, and some of them have gone on to orda gay clergy and/or to celebrate same-sex marriag.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
What is the suatn wh gay clergy? In 2017, Revd Andrew Forhew-Ca, a vir London who married his hband 2015, rigned om his post cg the prsure of workg for an “stutnally homophobic anisatn”. This did not change the Church of England’s teachg on marriage, but did ll for opposn to homophobia.
The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent. Members sce 2003, when the Amerin branch — the Epispal Church — nsecrated an openly gay bishop New Hampshire.
Welby said at a news nference gay Anglin prits who have left the Church of England bee of their sexualy, the proposals and apology were welg signs, but still sufficient. More about Euan WardA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 9 of the New York edn wh the headle: Church Says It Will Bls, Not Marry, Gay Coupl.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
Earlier this week the Guardian reported that the Lear of the Hoe of Commons, the Conservative Penny Mordnt, had wrten a letter to her lol bishop, prsg for the Church of England to e the forthg General Synod to change s stand on gay marriage. She poted out that the Church's ntued failure to support gay marriage is at odds both wh the civil law of the land and wh the acceptance of such unns by both the Church of Stland (Prbyterian) and the Epispal Church of Stland. In light of this, me as somethg of a surprise that the Anglin bishops voted this week to stand firm on gay marriage.
Fe distctns—particularly fe distctns that attempt to soften the opposn between the ntemporary cultural nsens on gay marriage and Christiany’s unrstandg of the same—are unlikely to be staable for any extend perd of time. Rather, the bishops are grabbg hold of as a “third way” that allows them to grant somethg to the opposn exchange for tolerance of their tradnal posn; this amounts to allowg gay marriage all but name. As a gay, civilly partnered cleric, I would also like to thank you for drawg attentn to the fact that I am prohibed by law om marryg my partner of 22 years – even a civil ceremony – if I wish to ntue misterg the church I love, and had to give assuranc that our relatnship was wholly celibate before I was first ordaed, three short years people I have spoken to about this had no ia that anyone uld be subject to such arne l this day and age which, as you pot out, provis ample grist to those wh a prient or malevolent tert the liv of others to timidate or threaten those placed this unacceptable and extremely vulnerable posn.
18, 2023, will allow blsgs for same-sex, civil marriag for the first time — but s posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still not be able to marry s church.