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Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'HOMOPHOBIC' SAYS GAY MARRIAGE VIR
• BRA'S ONLY OPENLY MARRIED GAY VIR ELECTED TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND SYNOD
• I AM A GAY VIR AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS AN EMBARRASSG MS
• EXPLAED: WHAT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HAS CID ABOUT GAY RELATNSHIPS
• REV RICHARD COL: CHURCH OF ENGLAND CREASGLY 'EXCLUDG' GAY UPL
• MEET THE GAY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIT OCKED FOR NOT REVEALG THE TAILS OF HIS LOVE LIFE
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY VIR’S RELATNSHIP BLSED BY CHURCH WAL BISHOP AFTER CHANGE L
• INFLUENTIAL CHURCH OF ENGLAND EVANGELIL OUT AS GAY
• GAY VIR PH CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE TRANSGENR INTY LIKE A BAPTISM; SEX CHANGE SURGERY IS 'ABSOLUTE TRMA' CLERGY MT MARK OCSN
• MEET THE GAY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIT OCKED FOR NOT REVEALG THE TAILS OF HIS LOVE LIFE
• GAY VIR PH CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE TRANSGENR INTY LIKE A BAPTISM; SEX CHANGE SURGERY IS 'ABSOLUTE TRMA' CLERGY MT MARK OCSN

CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'HOMOPHOBIC' SAYS GAY MARRIAGE VIR

Image source, GoogleImage ptn, Father Forhew-Ca is the current vir at St Mary wh All Souls, KilburnThe first Church of England vir to marry a same-sex partner has acced the church of beg "stutnally homophobic" ma the ments after he was told he would not get a new parish when he leav his existg one Reverend Andrew Forhew-Ca is leavg his ngregatn Wt Hampstead as he is movg to the Peak District wh his hband. He said he felt unr nstant prsure beg a gay man workg the Church. " He add: "There's this nstant prsure of beg a gay man workg for the Church of England, an stutn which is stutnally homophobic and has polici and attus towards the LGBT muny which are harmful.

Bra’s only openly married gay vir has been elected to the Church of England’s General Synod, and will e his posn to “advote for a church that fac up to issu of sexualy a hont and passnate way” Forhew-Ca, the vir of St Mary wh All Souls, Kilburn and St Jam, Wt Hampstead, said he was “pleased but shocked” at his electn the London sectn of the natnwi ballot to the church’s erng body. Another gay vir, Bertrand Olivier of All Hallows by the Tower, the Cy of London, was also elected after what he scribed as a “polarisg” ntt.

BRA'S ONLY OPENLY MARRIED GAY VIR ELECTED TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND SYNOD

“The next five years will be que important as the Church of England ntu to nsir how als wh gay marriage as the rt of the world mov on, ” he this week Jeremy Pemberton, a gay hospal chapla who is awag the oute of an dtrial tribunal agast the church, will fd out if his bid for a synod seat has been succsful.

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

The church was “guilty of terrible dishonty” on the issue, he well as mpaigng on gay rights wh the church, Forhew-Ca said he also wanted to prs for the re-tablishment of the synod’s thory. 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.

EXPLAED: WHAT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HAS CID ABOUT GAY RELATNSHIPS

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.

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.

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.

REV RICHARD COL: CHURCH OF ENGLAND CREASGLY 'EXCLUDG' GAY UPL

”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.

But they go nowhere near far enough for liberal mpaigners, who want to be able to hold a gay marriage wh CofE church. There’s been a lot of prsure om ernment and om liberal mpaigners for the Church of England to change sce gay marriage was legalised Bra 2013 – pecially as is the ‘tablished Church’ and has certa privileg wh the UK ernment.

A lot of CofE folk - virs, bishops and ordary people the pew - also believe that the church’s doctre should be changed and thk that gay relatnships are not sful.

MEET THE GAY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIT OCKED FOR NOT REVEALG THE TAILS OF HIS LOVE LIFE

The people who want gay marriage the church argue that they don’t go far enough. Veteran gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell lled them “an sult” as “blsgs are what the Church giv to pets like dogs and guea pigs” as he was prottg wh plards outsi this week’s Synod. So when is the Church of England gog to nduct gay marriag?

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

But if the ernment and the bishops want gay marriage church, why hasn’t happened yet? A lot of bishops do support troducg gay marriag CofE church, and a number have publicly changed their mds recently. Most parts of this Communn are much more nservative than the CofE, and a number of untri have said they will leave the Anglin Communn if there is any kd of regnn of gay marriage, pecially om s head, the Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby.

It’s particularly unpopular Ai – and Welby is reported to have said he thks keepg the Communn together is more important than troducg gay marriage the CofE. The Rev Richard Col has said he is retirg om parish duti bee the Church of England creasgly “exclus” gay parish prit, who announced his cisn to step down January, is one of the most famo virs the UK thanks to his other rol as a mician, journalist and broadster. However, the vir, who was ordaed 2005, has now also spoken out about his ncerns for the future of the Church amidst his ncerns about how gay people “are not wele” some church, as well as the staabily of the parish claimed that the only church growg number and e are those which are “nservative, punchy and fundamentalist” and that he n no longer “accept send-class cizenship the hoehold of God”.

GAY VIR’S RELATNSHIP BLSED BY CHURCH WAL BISHOP AFTER CHANGE L

] bee they are plac where gay people are not wele, and that l me out. Stephen’s Norbury, South London, grapplg wh the fact that the Anglin church he has served for 20 years has kicked him this isn’t a typil ockg story; the kd that has ma to the papers for years — neher one of child moltatn nor homophobic Riba-Thompson, 64, will soon be stripped of his job, his home, as well as banned om any misterial activi for five years, bee he fell love, did not disclose the timate tails of when qutned — and a member of the public objected.

All of which is takg place agast a backdrop of the Church of England ntually tearg self apart over the issue of same-sex marriage, and of homosexualy more the abily to fire a prit, om a sgle plat, for havg a nsensual adult relatnship falls stark ntrast to the fdgs of the 2020 Inquiry to Child Sex Abe.

The reverend went on Grdr, the gay datg app, met a man lled Osr and had sex. “It’s really odd that gay married prits n have affairs when straight married prits n’t, when the Church of England disapprov of gay sex and gay marriage.

INFLUENTIAL CHURCH OF ENGLAND EVANGELIL OUT AS GAY

”It also leav a loophole for gay prits, said Hollow.

“If they wish for an equal opportuny to marry, gay prits mt accept equal acuntabily for breakg church l about sex and relatnships. “The church gets exemptns, ” he says, referrg to multiple laws cludg the Equaly Act 2010, the Marriage (Same-Sex Coupl) Act 2013 and the Employment Rights Act 1996, “so n discrimate agast gay people, n discrimate agast women, and this stance, n avoid the trici of normal employment law”. However, her appotment now amid bter divisn wh the Church of England between tradnalists and progrsiv followg an historic vote Febary favour of offerg blsgs to lbian and gay upl who have already been married or had a civil partnership.

”Rpondg to the appotment, Jayne Ozanne, a proment gay evangelil Christian and member of General Synod, the Church’s legislative body, said: “I am absolutely thrilled to hear the good news of Rachel’s appotment as the new Archan of Salford and Bolton.

GAY VIR PH CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE TRANSGENR INTY LIKE A BAPTISM; SEX CHANGE SURGERY IS 'ABSOLUTE TRMA' CLERGY MT MARK OCSN

| (PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/HANS MUSIL)The Church of England has released a guidance statg that sexual relatns belong between married, heterosexual upl, and that sex gay or straight civil partnerships “falls short of God’s purpose for human begs. However, In December 2012, the Church of England permted gay clergy civil partnerships to bee bishops, provid they were abstag om sexual civil partnerships have been legal sce 2005 and same-sex marriage was troduced Rev. “I appreciate the church takg this strong stand wh the Word of God, which is tth, ” he Church of England is part of the global Anglin Communn, which has long experienced divisn over theologil issu, cludg gay marriage and ordatn.

MEET THE GAY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIT OCKED FOR NOT REVEALG THE TAILS OF HIS LOVE LIFE

Nsecrated s first openly gay bishop, V.

Speakg to the Daily Telegraph, the Rev Dr Peter Sanlon, vir of St Mark’s Tunbridge Wells, Kent, said a spl the Church of England was a real prospect if s lears ntue to “water down” teachg on issu such as homosexualy.

GAY VIR PH CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO CELEBRATE TRANSGENR INTY LIKE A BAPTISM; SEX CHANGE SURGERY IS 'ABSOLUTE TRMA' CLERGY MT MARK OCSN

They have no immediate plan to break away om the church but are formg “embryonic” stctur se the church ntu to move what they nsir to be a liberal told the Telegraph: “If senr lears of the Church of England water down the teachg of the Church of England on key issu like homosexualy, then this synod uld easily evolve to a new Anglin jurisdictn England. Congregatns three dc – Rochter, Canterbury and Chichter – are to bee founr members of the new alliance, which do not yet have a name, but they expect others to jo, acrdg to the warng after the archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby, reportedly told an dience at the Greenbelt Christian ftival this weekend that he was “nstantly nsumed wh horror” at the Church of England’s treatment of gay people.

Some parishners did not realise they were beg abed at the was an “orthodox Christian”, opposed to the ordatn of women, acceptance of homosexualy and multi-fah activy.