Can Anglins Offer Somethg Better Than Gay Marriage?

Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• ANGLINS RTRICT US EPISPAL CHURCH OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• GUARDIAN LLS UPON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE
• CAN ANGLINS NORTH AMERI OFFER SOMETHG BETTER THAN GAY MARRIAGE?

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

On 7 June 2003 Gene Robson be the first openly gay bishop the Epispal church of the US; on 3 Augt 2022 Archbishop Jt Welby “affirms validy” of the 1998 Lambeth claratn that homosexual relatnships are patible wh scripture (Jt Welby ‘affirms validy’ of 1998 gay sex is s claratn, 2 Augt). Ian GordonFolktone, Kent The affirmatn that gay sex is a s will e much nsternatn, cludg among many Anglins who regnise the sufferg that this regrsive posn has flicted on gay people. William BartramHampton, Greater London I spect that a lot of people will share my disgt at the affirmatn that gay sex is a s.

ANGLINS RTRICT US EPISPAL CHURCH OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Although Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, recently affirmed the validy of a 1998 claratn that gay sex was a s, there are signs that the C of E may be movg towards allowg clergy to follow their nscience on the issue. Anglin church the US, Stland and Canada have already moved to start nductg same-sex weddgs, while the church Wal has started offerg blsgs to married gay upl.

'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.

GUARDIAN LLS UPON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO ACCEPT GAY MARRIAGE

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. "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.

CAN ANGLINS NORTH AMERI OFFER SOMETHG BETTER THAN GAY MARRIAGE?

When I was born, homosexual sex was illegal; now, two weeks time, people of the same sex will marry, acpanied by celebratns all over the untry here the UK. After lookg at each of the turn, we’ll see if we n discern any signs of is a paradox that though one of the tes of the media narrative about the church is s irrelevance, is emed relevant enough to be relentlsly targeted the mpaign for full ‘gay rights’. Why should matter to the majory of gay people and those who support the succsful mpaign for full ‘equaly’ what the church believ or do?

“Oh y, I will pray general for the natn”, I have been told, “but not specifilly about gay marriage”.

The church is now irreemably divid over homosexualy. Should Anglins prott agast gay marriage outsi registry offic, or the teachg of homosexual practice schools? The first same-sex marriage at an Anglin church the UK is expected to take place Glasgow later this Mary’s Cathedral has bee the first the untry to be given permissn to nduct gay weddgs, a month after the Sttish Epispal church general synod voted overwhelmgly to allow s church to host the vote rulted non law beg changed to remove a doctral clse statg that marriage was between a man and a woman.

“We are glad to be able to wele them and expect there will be many others who will follow them, ” he ngregatn at St Mary’s were active the mpaign to allow gay marriage Stland. “I’m a gay man myself and so ially for me was about g out and then, havg e out, was about helpg the church to e out, ” said Holdsworth.

It was a very supportive place and seemed to me important to get the church to tell the tth that was acceptg about people same-sex relatnships and then gradually members this ngregatn started to help the ph for gay marriage. “People sometim say that support for gay marriage is the biggt change social attus that has ever been measured, ” he said. “People ed to disagree wh gay relatnships que strongly and now they support them very strongly.

”He said the move to allow same-sex upl to marry Sttish Anglin church was not jt important to gay people. “I fd that the more that I go on about equaly for gay folk, the more I get young fai g here bee they want their kids to grow up that kd of church. Recent events have exposed a ep divi the Anglin Church over the issue of gay marriage.

Few were happier to hear the news than Gene Robson, a man who knows firsthand how difficult n be to navigate life as a gay member of the church.

Back 2003, Robson famoly beme the first openly gay Epispal Bishop. This latt cisn by the Epispal Church to perm gay marriage has been highly cricized by other branch of the Anglin Church.

Many Anglins see a fundamental ntradictn between tradnal Christians beliefs and homosexualy. Conflictg opns over gay marriage have also arisen among Anglins Ai, where societal attus toward homosexualy are far ls progrsive. Although feelgs there are slowly changg, gay marriage still enjoys ltle public support.