Some Anglin bishops reject lear Welby over gay marriage

JT WELBY ‘AFFIRMS VALIDY’ OF 1998 GAY SEX IS S CLARATN

The archbishop of Canterbury will not personally bls same-sex civil marriag spe the Church of England’s historic change of Welby said he was “extremely joyful” at proposals to allow clergy to offer God’s blsg to same sex upl who have legally married, but said he would impose a “self-nyg ordance” for the sake of uny the global Anglin church that he, a divi at the top of the Church of England, Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York, said he would personally offer blsgs to same-sex upl and strongly suggted he did not believe gay sex was two archbishops were givg tails of the remendatn by bishops to end years of paful and bter bate wh the church wh a promise that matas s formal teachg that marriage is between a man and a woman, but perms clergy to bls same-sex civil marriag.

Acknowledgg disagreements among the bishops on the issu, they said a letter to the church: “The differenc among you are also prent among … We are partnered, sgle, celibate, married, divorced, widowed, bereaved; heterosexual, gay, bisexual and same-sex attracted. The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful, and for this we repent.

”Asked whether he nsired gay sex was a s, he said: “I believe the great gift of sexual physil timacy [is] to be cherished, [and] belongs stable, lovg, mted relatnships.

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”The bishops’ remendatns, which will be put to the church’’s lg body, the general synod, next month, “puts the C of E a new place – a good place”, said past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotnWh his voice breakg wh emotn, he add: “I’m really pleased ’s changg for my gay iends.

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