Labour’s Ben Bradshaw says church is ‘actively pursug a mpaign of discrimatn’ agast lbian and gay people
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- C OF E MT WELE GAY PEOPLE OR FACE QUTNS PARLIAMENT, SAYS MP
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
C OF E MT WELE GAY PEOPLE OR FACE QUTNS PARLIAMENT, SAYS MP
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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.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
Members sce 2003, when the Amerin branch — the Epispal Church — nsecrated an openly gay bishop New Hampshire. Welby said at a news nference gay Anglin prits who have left the Church of England bee of their sexualy, the proposals and apology were welg signs, but still sufficient.
More about Euan WardA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 9 of the New York edn wh the headle: Church Says It Will Bls, Not Marry, Gay Coupl.
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 .