In an unual move, the Archbishop of Canterbury has nmned a senr Nigerian archbishop for homophobic ments. But Jt Welby's posn on gay Christians and same-sex marriage remas unclear.
Contents:
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NMNS GAY MARRIAGE, BUT ANGLIN BISHOPS REMA DIVID
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- BEHD THE SPL OF THE ANGLIN CHURCH ATRALIA OVER GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- THE ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS
- 'POLIL DEVELOPMENTS' INFLUENCED CHURCH'S DECISN TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE: SENR ANGLIN MISTER
- RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
Letters:<strong> Ian Gordon</strong>, <strong>Stephen Evans,</strong> <strong>William Bartram</strong> and <strong>Meirn Bowen</strong> rpond to Archbishop Jt Welby’s affirmatn that gay sex is a s * anglican church 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.
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY NMNS GAY MARRIAGE, BUT ANGLIN BISHOPS REMA DIVID
The bishops will remend that "prayers for God's blsg" for gay upl be adopted, the BBC expects. * anglican church 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.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
This latt cisn by the Epispal Church to perm gay marriage has been highly cricized by other branch of the Anglin Church. * anglican church gay marriage *
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.
BEHD THE SPL OF THE ANGLIN CHURCH ATRALIA OVER GAY MARRIAGE
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"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 head of the Anglin Communn attempted to rerce the church's stance agast homosexual marriage this week, but the move was squashed by outcry om var ntroversy me to a head durg the ongog 2022 Lambeth Conference — a rare meetg of Anglin Communn bishops om around the world. The Global South Fellowship of Anglin Church (GSFA) — self-scribed as "a worldwi fellowship of orthodox Anglin Provc and Dc wh the Anglin Communn" — me to the nference wh the gay marriage ban firmly on their agenda. A ll was schled for the nference — a sort of vote amongst the bishops to endorse or abandon proposed belief next day — after word got out about the ph for a formal rejectn of homosexual marriage — the nference was threatened wh bishops reportedly stayed seated and did not receive the Eucharist durg the mass.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — 'The issue of gay people and their rights is equivalent a stggle our time to the one over race,' said Michael Curry, pridg bishop of the Epispal Church. * anglican church gay marriage *
(Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Imag via Getty Imag) Anglinism has been acturg for s over gay relatnships, women's ordatn and other issu. Those rifts blew wi open 2003 when the New York-based Epispal Church nsecrated the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robson, New Hampshire.
Epispal legislative body, or General Conventn, voted to thorize gay marriag their HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn 2009, Anglin natnal lears Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and other church provc helped create the Anglin Church North Ameri, as a theologilly nservative alternative to the U. 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 ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS
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 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.
'POLIL DEVELOPMENTS' INFLUENCED CHURCH'S DECISN TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE: SENR ANGLIN MISTER
“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. 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.
RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
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. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTDivisns over the acceptance of homosexualy have proved tractable both on a global level and si even liberal-leang untri like New Fuller/Prs Associatn, via Getty ImagWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Craig Watson has spent his life searchg for a church that accepts him fully as a gay man. ” In late July, Jt Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury and global lear of the Anglin Church (known the Uned Stat as the Epispal Church), affirmed as church policy a 1998 statement that rejects “homosexual practice as nsistent wh scripture.
ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
”Divisns over the acceptance of homosexualy have raised doubts about whether the Anglin Church n rema uned, a nflict that has played out both on a global level and si even liberal-leang untri like New Zealand, where some Anglins have broken away to prerve tradnal tensns have pulled at the Anglin Church, which has 85 ln members worldwi, for s. Gene Robson, an openly gay prit, as bishop of New Hampshire.