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: GAY UPL N'T MARRY BUT WILL RECEIVE 'GOD'S BLSG'
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO BLS GAY COUPL BUT THEY STILL CANNOT MARRY CHURCH
CHURCH OF ENGLAND: GAY UPL N'T MARRY BUT WILL RECEIVE 'GOD'S BLSG'
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. REUTERS/Toby Melville Acquire Licensg RightsLONDON, July 8 (Rters) - The Church of England will work towards draftg new pastoral guidance and other material need to allow same-sex upl to receive blsgs om prits over the next few months, said on Church's erng body, lled the General Synod, held a four-hour bate on the matter, which has revealed divisns wh the stutn after the synod voted Febary to let gay upl have a prayer service after a civil marriage. We look forward to renveng November, " Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London, said a the 226 rpons received om the synod on the blsgs, 60 rpons were that the prayers were too much like marriage and 44 rpons that they don't go far enough and 42 rpons that more pastoral guidance would be required for their e, the update published on the CoE webse CoE, central to the worldwi Anglin munn, do not allow same-sex marriage s church, and s disurse on homosexualy and genr is closely monored by lns of Anglins around the world.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO BLS GAY COUPL BUT THEY STILL CANNOT MARRY CHURCH
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. ”The lawmaker's ments bed wh Parliament’s announcement earlier this month that lawmakers are draftg a bill to ban efforts to elimate or rce same-sex attractn homosexuals — often risively referred to as “nversn therapy” — England and Wal, uld dite a further shift how the Brish ernment teracts wh Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern and former lay member of the General Synod, said a statement on Wednday the apology uld also prove to be a “turng pot” and signal the cle of the CofE. The ocsns on which you have received a hostile and homophobic rponse our church are shameful and for this we repent.