I Am a Gay Vir And the Church of England Is an Embarrassg Ms

Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND L GAY MEN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS N BEE BISHOPS
• I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND ENDS BAN ON GAY CLERGY CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS BEG BISHOPS (BUT THEY MT REMA CELIBATE)
• ANGLIN CHURCH LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS BEG BISHOPS
• COFE DROPS OPPOSN TO GAY BISHOPS CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS
• CHURCH OF STLAND ALLOWS GAY CLERGY CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO OK GAY BISHOPS, BUT ONLY IF CELIBATE
• SYNOD FALLS OUT OVER CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS FOR GAY PRITS

CHURCH OF ENGLAND L GAY MEN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS N BEE BISHOPS

The Church of England has agreed that gay clergy civil partnerships n bee bishops so long as they rema sexually abstent, a cisn that looks likely to reigne one of the Anglin muny's most bter ternal cisn was taken by the Hoe of Bishops, the sectn of the General Synod rponsible for church teachg.

The pair had a civil ceremony said: "If is genuely te that all levels of ordaed mistry are now more open to gay people than they were before, then this is a very good thg. "Shortly after John stepped down as bishop of Readg, the issue beme still more ntent after the US Epispal Church approved the appotment of the openly gay Gene Robson as a has been speculatn that bishops eventually felt unr prsure to move owg to the possibily of John takg legal actn on equali grounds after he was passed over to bee bishop of Southwark cisn was ma mid-December, wh a summary of the meetg placed on the church webse before Christmas. "The Rev Col Coward, director of Changg Attu, a group that mpaigns for the church to fully accept gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people, said he gave the news a guard wele, that was signifint but unlikely to prompt a sh of gay said: "I don't tst what they have said.

I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS

" Apart om John, Coward said, was difficult to see any gay clergy beg ma bishops. "Celibacy is fe as a votn, if chosen, but is maniftly cel to ban a human beg om physil timacy simply bee they are gay. Father Krysztof Olaf Charamsa (L), who works for a Vatin office, hugs his partner Edouard durg a prs nference to reveal his homosexualy Rome, Italy, October 3, 2015.

This week the Church of England found self a very publicly difficult suatn about sexualy— the end of Augt, Bishop Nicholas Chamberla, the Bishop of Grantham, me out as the first openly gay bishop wh a partner.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND ENDS BAN ON GAY CLERGY CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS BEG BISHOPS (BUT THEY MT REMA CELIBATE)

We now know that the Archbishop of Canterbury knew about this and ed had them both round for dner; the Bishop of Lln knew, and ed the prs office at Church Hoe knew—'s jt that they uldn't bear to thk that anyone else would weekend has also seen the publishg of an open letter om 14 of the married gay and lbian clergy of the Church of England, and other some married lay people, to our bishops. I had been wh my hband for 15 years before we uld marry, and beg married has ma a real difference—somehow the whole relatnship feels more solidly ground and we rejoice that official posn is that lay people n pretty much do as they please, though the Church ensured that is impossible for gay upl to legally marry a Church of England parish and lol clergy are banned om offerg servic of blsg, such as those given to Prce Charl and Cala after their civil marriage, even if the uple haven't been volved a notor are allowed to enter civil partnerships, aga whout a church service afterwards, and have to promise not to have sex wh each other. Bishop Nic is not a civil partnership but has said that he is celibate and this he is entirely pliant wh the current Church has been an attempt at a blanket stop on marriage for gay and lbian clergy, and those who do are officially discipled, and a ban placed on them ever gettg a new post the Church.

ANGLIN CHURCH LIFTS BAN ON GAY MEN CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS BEG BISHOPS

The Church will not nsir for ordatn anyone who is married to someone of the same sex, no matter how good a prit they might quietly, clergy are gettg married or nvertg their civil partnerships to marriage; gay ordands sexual relatnships are gettg the nod through while appearg to ply wh the selectn procr; and clergy are havg sex their civil partnerships. Prits are offerg servic of blsg and thanksgivg to gay and lbian upl and parish celebratg wh them.

COFE DROPS OPPOSN TO GAY BISHOPS CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

The Hoe of Bishops agreed on the new le shortly before ChristmasCame jt a month after proposal for women bishops was rejectedGay rights mpaigners say lack of official announcement is 'perplexg'The new le was rejected earlier last year as liberal and tradnalist factns of the Church of England disagreed on the issueMove may be first challenge of the next Archbishop of Canterbury's tenure Published: 18:33 BST, 4 January 2013 | Updated: 09:57 BST, 6 January 2013 Gay clergy civil partnerships n bee bishops, followg an apparent U-turn om the Church of England. Dpe rejectg proposals to allow women to bee bishops, a new lg means homosexual men n be appoted as long as they rema chaste and repent for any past sexual Right Reverend Graham Jam, Bishop of Norwich, released a statement on behalf of the Church yterday, sayg would be ‘unjt’ to exclu them if they were ‘livg acrdance wh the teachg of the Church on human sexualy’.

Facg challengg tim: The g Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby may fd the announcement on gay bishops - which has divid the church for years - the first tt of his tenure However the cisn was attacked om all sis, wh nservative Anglins termed to rist while those mpaigng for the church to regnise gay rights were unnvced would work.

The issue has spl the tablished Church sce 2003 when gay cleric Jefey John was ma Bishop of Readg, but forced to step down after a chaste civil partnership and servg as Dean of St Albans, he would be allowed to apply for another post.

CHURCH OF STLAND ALLOWS GAY CLERGY CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

Relig mentators say the Hoe of Bishops, which is rponsible for doctre, may have been nervo about rejectg openly gay bishops on legal grounds. ’Conservativ said would unrme the Church’s opposn to gay marriage, for which has been granted an exemptn om ernment legislatn.

’ Dean of St Albans Dr Jefey John, pictured at St Albans Cathedral 2004, is the most senr openly gay member of the Church of England clergy. Church of England ends ban on gay clergy civil partnerships beg bishops (but they mt rema celibate). The announcement by the church’s Hoe of Bishops means that gay prits n be appoted bishops as long as they promise to rema celibate.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO OK GAY BISHOPS, BUT ONLY IF CELIBATE

The shift church policy as Gene Robson, the first openly gay bishop the Anglin Communn, retir om his proment posn the Epispal Church New Hampshire the Uned Stat on Saturday. The new lg, while limed spe, is likely has reopen the bter divisns between the liberal and nservative wgs of the Church of England on the issue of gay prits.

It also rais the possibily of ndidat for a bishopric beg qutned about their prev sex life and asked whether they repent havg gay sex.

SYNOD FALLS OUT OVER CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS FOR GAY PRITS

Conservative Anglins have scribed the move as "divisive" while those mpaigng for the full cln of gay and lbian people the church have cricised the stance on celibacy. Rev Col Coward, director of the Changg Attu group that mpaigns for the full cln of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people the Church, told BBC Rad 4's PM programme: "I thk the Church has issued a statement which will be lghed at by the majory this untry. The Hoe of Bishops, one of the three ho of the Church of England’s General Synod, took the cisn to end the ban on gay people civil partnerships beg bishops after an 18 month review.