The Church of England is the midst of a plex and ght ternal bate over same-sex marriage and LGBT issu. Currently bans gay weddgs church and do not let clergy enter same-sex marriag eher, although some of s sister Church have permted this
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- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
- CHRISTIANS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE HAVE A ‘PICK AND MIX’ APPROACH TO FAH, SAYS W STREETG
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
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Currently bans gay weddgs church, allows prayers of support to same sex upl followg a civil partnership or marriage and allows clergy to enter a civil partnership. In a 2017 terview, when asked for his views on “gay sex”, the Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby, said: “I am havg to stggle to be fahful to the tradn, fahful to the scripture, to unrstand what the ll and will of God is the 21st century and to rpond appropriately wh an answer for all people … that vers both sis of the argument.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
The bishops will remend that "prayers for God's blsg" for gay upl be adopted, the BBC expects. * gay marriage in church of england *
The 1998 Lambeth Conference (a gatherg of bishops om the worldwi provc of the Anglin Communn) passed a rolutn characterisg “homosexual practice as patible wh Scripture”. This rolutn is not bdg on any of the Anglin church worldwi, and some of them have gone on to orda gay clergy and/or to celebrate same-sex marriag.
What is the suatn wh gay clergy?
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
In 2017, Revd Andrew Forhew-Ca, a vir London who married his hband 2015, rigned om his post cg the prsure of workg for an “stutnally homophobic anisatn”.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL
This did not change the Church of England’s teachg on marriage, but did ll for opposn to homophobia. 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'.
Prits will have the optn to bls gay upl but n opt out.
CHRISTIANS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE HAVE A ‘PICK AND MIX’ APPROACH TO FAH, SAYS W STREETG
"God's blsgIn more than eight hours of bate there were 18 vot on attempted amendments, both om nservativ and amendment to force a vote on changg the Church's teachg and allowg gay upl to marry Church was only amendment that passed was om nservativ, rercg that the new prayers of blsg "should not be ntrary to or ditive of a parture om the doctre of the Church of England" which do not allow same-sex marriage. The motn had been brought by the Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, and was the rult of six years of work on qutns of inty, sexualy, relatnships and marriage known as Livg In Love And relign edor Aleem Maqbool said: "It may sound ntradictory to vote to bls same-sex marriag, but still nsir them as unns that fy Church of England doctre but that after five years of nsultatn is the formula that's been settled on" said Church lears were celebratg the move as "a watershed moment and a move forward towards acceptance of LGBTQ unns, but a way that holds the stutn together" is not the type of marriage equaly that, for example, the Epispal Church Stland long approved - for now, gay upl will still not be able to have a Church of England fal motn was passed across the synod's three 'ho'.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT
The Hoe of Lay voted 103 favour, 92 agast, and 5 bishops will now falise the wordg of the new prayers and also issue new guidance on whether gay clergy mt rema celibate before the synod meets aga on this story. 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.