Gay marriage and the Church of England

Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• FIRST GAY MARRIED VIR ATTACKS CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BLSG LE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO ALLOW BLSGS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAG BUT WILL STILL PROHIB GAY MARRIAGE SI CHURCH
• GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
• GAY MARRIAGE AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

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. '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. "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.

FIRST GAY MARRIED VIR ATTACKS CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BLSG LE

"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.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT

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.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

The Church Wal offers blsgs to civilly married gay upl. Jayne Ozanne, a gay rights mpaigner and member of the synod, said she was “eply disappoted” that nservativ had stifled the church’s bate on sexualy.

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.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

What is the suatn wh gay clergy?

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

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”.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO ALLOW BLSGS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAG BUT WILL STILL PROHIB GAY MARRIAGE SI CHURCH

This did not change the Church of England’s teachg on marriage, but did ll for opposn to homophobia. " Reverend Andrew Forhew-Ca, the first Anglin vir to have a gay marriage tells Euronews Culture why the upg cisn by the church to bls same-sex marriag is "herent".

GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

This week, the erng body of the Church of England is meetg for the General Synod, where bishops and other clergy members are batg the Anglin Church’s posn on gay marriage.

That jt mak no sense theologilly, ” he UK legalised gay marriage 2013, but the C of E stutn has an exceptn om the law due to s state-given abily to ern self. But the C of E exceptn meant that there would be no repercsns when Forhew-Ca experienced homophobic acts after marryg.

GAY MARRIAGE AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Yet the official le om the church was that wasn’t homophobic abe, but a legimate theologil exprsn of their posn.

He was hired by the Lady Margaret Hall llege 2019 and has been the vir there ever ’s not jt the impact on his own reer that trat Forhew-Ca about the church’s ertia on homophobia, his ncern extends primarily for the wellbeg of LGBTQ+ church members. “If you're livg part of a muny where you hear sermons that say homosexualy is wrong and immoral and you’re explorg your own sexualy, that msage is gog to have a profoundly troublg effect on your mental health, ” he example of the damage the stutnal homophobia of the church n flict is Lizzie Lowe, who killed herself aged 14 due to fears the church wouldn’t accept her as a lbian.

She’s not the only person Forhew-Ca is aware of who’s taken a siar is the danger to people of the church not takg homophobia serly. “The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent. ”Unls the C of E is willg to fully embrace a change s posn on gay marriage, the apology is void.