W Streetg says Christians who oppose gay marriage are dog a 'pick and mix'

Contents:

• 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

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.

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”. 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. "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'.

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.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

”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. 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.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BACKS PLANS TO BLS GAY UPL

"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.

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.

Christians who oppose gay marriage are adoptg a “pick and mix” approach to fah, the shadow health secretary has Streetg, 40, has prevly spoken out about rencilg his Christian fah wh his sexualy, and the ternal stggle he experienced when he disvered he was gay. However, he has bee creasgly vol recent months followg a historic vote by General Synod, the Church of England’s legislative body, favour of blsgs for lbian and gay upl who have already been married or had a civil partnership were landmark vote Febary angered both progrsiv, who claim that do not go far enough to offer full equaly bee the church still prohibs same-sex marriag, and nservativ, who claim that Holy Matrimony should only be between a man and a woman. I thk God created gay people, that we are accepted and our relatnships are valid and important.

CHRISTIANS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE HAVE A ‘PICK AND MIX’ APPROACH TO FAH, SAYS W STREETG

“They get very hung up on the bs of Levic where homosexualy is led as sful or an abomatn, but they do que a b of pick and mix around food laws, clothg and other exampl. The MP also said that J “wouldn’t support that kd of persecutn and hostily” faced by same-sex upl and lbian and gay people the Church today.

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 . This summer, at the Anglin Communn’s all-bishops meetg known as the Lambeth Conference, the current archbishop of Canterbury, Jt Welby, tried to mollify nservative bishops by reaffirmg a 1998 claratn that gay sex is a s, while reassurg liberals by sayg he would not punish natnal church the Communn that allow prits to marry same-sex upl. Conservative bishops om the global south lled Welby’s refal to disciple church over gay marriage “a lamentable posn, ” but none threatened to leave.

Clergy and parish who do not agree to gay marriage ought to have the right to “distance themselv om the parts of the Church that wele and affirm same-sex relatnship. At the same time, Chsun said, there are problems for those who are gay wh the Church of England, sayg is “not safe for those same-sex unns. The Church Wal offers blsgs to civilly married gay upl.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT

Attus to same-sex marriage wh the pews of the Church of England are sharply at odds wh the stance of s learship, as for the first time more Anglins are favour of gay and lbian upl marryg than oppose , acrdg to a poll. Support for same-sex marriage among church members has signifintly creased over the past three years spe the learship’s sistence that marriage n only be between a man and a woman, and s refal to nduct church weddgs for gay upl or allow gay prits to church’s official posn was explicly rtated earlier this month at a meetg of the Anglin munn Canterbury that exposed ep divisns wh the global and natnal church on the issue. Jayne Ozanne, a leadg gay activist wh the C of E, who missned the poll om YouGov, said this fdg was “eply worryg”.