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- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
- WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
The se also offers rourc on “homosexualy and the Bible, ” books, and a list of same-sex affirmg nomatns. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.
Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. | Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag. ”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent. 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.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
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. 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.
WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?
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. Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”.
Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg. But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag.
A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. Image source, PA MediaImage ptn, The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Jt Welby, warned the Church's parliament not to give to the "fear of a slippery slope" when batg plans to bls same-sex uplThe Church of England has backed proposals to allow prayers of blsg for same sex posn on gay marriage will not change and same-sex upl will still be unable to marry plans, set out by bishops last month, have been cricised om those who thk they go too far and those who thk they don't go far the motn was passed all three of synod's 'ho'.