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Contents:

• PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOP REVEALS HE IS A GAY RELATNSHIP
• JT WELBY ‘AFFIRMS VALIDY’ OF 1998 GAY SEX IS S CLARATN
• ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL
• ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ADMS TO GAY 'CHALLENGE' FOR CHURCH
• ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NMNS GAY MARRIAGE, BUT ANGLIN BISHOPS REMA DIVID
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS NO TO GAY MARRIAGE BUT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WEL BLSGS FOR SAME-SEX UPL HISTORIC FIRST
• ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY HAS NO PROBLEM WH GAY BISHOPS
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• JT WELBY ACCED OF BOWG TO HOMOPHOBIA AFTER BANNG GAY BISHOP'S HBAND OM CHURCH SUMM

PARTNERED GAY PRIT APPOTED AN OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

The bishop of Grantham has bee the first Church of England bishop to publicly clare that he is gay and a a move that will be embraced by mpaigners for equaly but is likely to alarm nservativ who fear the church is movg away om tradnal teachgs, Nicholas Chamberla said there had been no secret about his long-term - albe celibate - relatnship wh his a threat by a Sunday newspaper to reveal Chamberla’s sexualy had phed him to speak publicly.

"People know I'm gay, but 's not the first thg I'd say to anyone. Chamberla said he adhered to church guil, unr which gay clergy mt be celibate and are not permted to marry. For me, and for those who assisted his appotment, the fact that Bishop Nicholas is gay is not, and has never been, a termg factor.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOP REVEALS HE IS A GAY RELATNSHIP

Its tradnal belief that marriage is a unn of a man and a woman has e unr prsure om societal change and growg mands wh the church that gay people should be accepted and allowed to marry creasg number of prits have married or plan to marry same-sex partners fiance of the ban on gay clergy week, a group of C of E nservative evangelil parish held a meetg to discs their rponse to what they claimed to be the waterg-down of the thory of the Bible on the issue of sexualy, what was billed as potentially the first step towards a breakaway om the Anglin church. It followed Welby’s recent ments at a Christian ftival, when he said he was “nstantly nsumed wh horror” at the church’s treatment of lbians and gay men.

Strsg that he did not want to bee known as “the gay bishop”, he said he hoped that the impact of his openns would be “that we n say the bishop of Grantham is gay and is gettg on wh his life and mistry”. I hope I’ll be able to be a standard-bearer for all people as a gay man.

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

He cled to exprs objectns to the C of E’s celibacy le for gay clergy. ”Rumours about gay bishops have circulated for s, but no servg bishop has ever before gone public about their sexualy. David Hope, the former archbishop of York, said that his sexualy was a "grey area" after beg threatened wh beg "outed"; and former archbishop of Canterbury Gee Carey claimed to have knowgly nsecrated two celibate gay men as bishops the 2003, the London Tim reported that the Right Rev Peter Wheatley, then the bishop of Edmonton, was gay and livg wh his partner.

Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and lear of the global Anglin church, has sought to mollify nservative bishops around the world by “affirmg the validy” of a 1998 claratn that gay sex is a told more than 650 bishops attendg the once-a- Lambeth nference that, for “a large majory” of nservative Anglins, qutng biblil teachg was “unthkable” said: “In many untri, [] would make the church a victim of risn, ntempt and even attack. 10 rejects “homosexual practice as patible wh scripture” and “upholds fahfulns marriage between a man and a woman lifelong unn”.

ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL

The Church of England this week said wants to offer blsgs to gay upl but would not allow prits to marry Welby said he celebrat the change, but has a "rponsibily for the whole munn" Church also issued a formal apology for the "shameful" tim had "rejected or exclud" LGBTQI+ ntrast to Archbishop Welby's stance, the Archbishop of York said he will offer the prayers which he believ puts the church a "better place", beg tearful as he ma his statement.

Earlier this week, bishops told the BBC the church would not change a teachg to allow prits to marry same-sex upl, but that will offer "prayers of ditn, thanksgivg or God's blsg" to gay upl followg a civil marriage or proposal will be bated at the Church's equivalent of a parliament - the General Synod - next marriage has been legal England and Wal sce 2013, but when the law changed the Church did not alter s Welby told a prs nference on Friday that he would "ntue to pray for all those who e seekg prayer and to pray wh love", cludg those who were gay, straight, or who had worri about their relatnships. Media ptn, Watch: The Archbishop of York was emotnal about the Church of England's apologyMr Cottrell, who grew emotnal while speakg at the prs nference, said: "I'm really pleased 's changg for my gay iends, " acknowledgg that the change is not enough for some people. The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent, " said a letter.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ADMS TO GAY 'CHALLENGE' FOR CHURCH

"'I'm nsirg leavg the Church'Image source, MathewImage ptn, Gay Christian Mathew Hulbert says LGBT Anglins should be celebrated not jt toleratedGay Anglin Mathew Hulbert told the BBC he felt "great disappotment" over the bishops' cisn not to propose same-sex marriage to the General Synod and is nsirg leavg the Church of England. "Lots of gay people and perhaps lots of young gay Christians will thk, 'do I have to choose?

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NMNS GAY MARRIAGE, BUT ANGLIN BISHOPS REMA DIVID

"Dr Steven Croft, the Bishop of Oxford, said the church has "further to go" on the issue and lled for a change s doctre to allow gay marriage, beg the most senr bishop the Church of England to do so. [Epispal News Service] Four gay and lbian Epispal bishops, along wh two om Anglin dc Canada and Wal, spoke wh Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby on Jan. In 2008, at the last Lambeth Conference, then-New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robson, the first openly gay and partnered bishop the Anglin Communn, was not allowed to attend by then-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

His posn on LGBTQ+ upl has been generally posive nsirg the historic anti-gay stance om the Christian church. ” While he believ homophobia is a s, Welby do not believe that is homophobic to oppose gay marriage.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

The new archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby, has highlighted the challenge faced by the Anglin church over gay relatnships ahead of his enthronement on Thursday, sayg he has iends who are long-term gay relatnships of "stunng" 105th archbishop of Canterbury and lear of the worldwi Anglin muny, who will bee the first holr of the office to be enthroned by a woman at the afternoon ceremony, has wrten to Peter Tatchell offerg to discs his attu to gay marriage after the veteran mpaigner cricised an open a pre-enthronement terview wh the BBC, Welby said that while he did not have doubts about the church's policy opposg same-sex marriag he remaed "challenged as to how we rpond to ".

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS NO TO GAY MARRIAGE BUT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WEL BLSGS FOR SAME-SEX UPL HISTORIC FIRST

"You see gay relatnships that are jt stunng the qualy of the relatnship, " the 57-year-old said, addg that he had "particular iends where I regnise that and am eply challenged by ". And so we have to be very clear about homophobia.

"Qutned as to whether the church uld simply ignore some gay relatnships, he replied: "It's not a bld eye – 's about lovg people as they are and where they are. "Separately, the Tim reported that Welby had emailed Tatchell after the mpaigner released an open letter ahead of the enthronement qutng Welby's rejectn of gay letter said: "You claim that you are not homophobic but a person who oppos legal equaly for LGBT people is homophobic – the same way that a person who oppos equal rights for black people is racist.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY HAS NO PROBLEM WH GAY BISHOPS

The head of the Anglin Communn attempted to rerce the church's stance agast homosexual marriage this week, but the move was squashed by outcry om var ntroversy me to a head durg the ongog 2022 Lambeth Conference — a rare meetg of Anglin Communn bishops om around the world. The Global South Fellowship of Anglin Church (GSFA) — self-scribed as "a worldwi fellowship of orthodox Anglin Provc and Dc wh the Anglin Communn" — me to the nference wh the gay marriage ban firmly on their agenda. A ll was schled for the nference — a sort of vote amongst the bishops to endorse or abandon proposed belief next day — after word got out about the ph for a formal rejectn of homosexual marriage — the nference was threatened wh bishops reportedly stayed seated and did not receive the Eucharist durg the mass.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

(Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Imag via Getty Imag) Anglinism has been acturg for s over gay relatnships, women's ordatn and other issu. Those rifts blew wi open 2003 when the New York-based Epispal Church nsecrated the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robson, New Hampshire.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Epispal legislative body, or General Conventn, voted to thorize gay marriag their HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn 2009, Anglin natnal lears Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and other church provc helped create the Anglin Church North Ameri, as a theologilly nservative alternative to the U. The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage. 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.

JT WELBY ACCED OF BOWG TO HOMOPHOBIA AFTER BANNG GAY BISHOP'S HBAND OM CHURCH SUMM

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.