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UK: Bishop of Salisbury Says Church of England Should Support Marriage Equality

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Church of England and Marriage EqualiyThe Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, the Bishop of Salisbury, compared bishops opposing marriage reforms to 18th century Christians who believed slavery was “God-given”.

His intervention will be seen as an attack on traditionalists, including the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, who forcefully oppose the Government’s move to change the legal definition of marriage.

It comes as the Church prepares its formal response to David Cameron’s proposals to permit marriage between same-sex couples, before the close of the Government’s consultation in June.

Full Story from The Telegraph

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United Kingdom: Welsh Vicar Resigns Over Church Of Engand’s Homophobia

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Some members of the Anglican communion, including elements of the Church in Wales, have become more homophobic, claims a vicar who has resigned over the issue of gay marriage.

The Reverend Andrew Morton, vicar of Llangybi, Monmouthshire, is the first in Wales to step down over the issue.

He says he would have been willing to carry out such ceremonies. The Church in Wales said it a “matter of regret” for clergy to resign over an issue yet to be resolved by the church.

Full Story from BBC News

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UK: Home Secratary Dismisses Church of England Opposition to Marriage Equality

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

UK Marriage EqualityWriting in tomorrow’s edition of The Times, the Home Secretary and cabinet Minister for Equality, Theresa May, argues that marriage should be for everyone regardless of their sexuality. She strongly dismisses claims by the Church of England to determine who should be able to marry.

In a column timed to coincide with the publication of the Government’s plans for introducing same sex marriage, the home secretary asks: “Should two people who care deeply for each other, who love each other and who want to spend the rest of their lives together be allowed to marry?”

Mrs May, who was once questioned over her early voting record on LGBT rights answers: “My answer is that marriage should be for everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation. Society is stronger when people enter into a stable relationship; when they commit to each other; when they make binding vows to love, honour and cherish one another. That is a deeply conservative opinion — conservative with a big and a small ‘c’.”

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UK: Equality Minister Calls Out Churches for Homophobia

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

UK Equality Minister and the ChurchesLynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat minister for equality has said that the language the Church of England and the Catholic Church has used is homophobic and that the views that the leaders are expressing belong in the Dark Ages.

Mrs Featherstone told the Sunday Times: “This is about love and commitment and things that are good for society and families; it is a matter of celebrating love and commitment.” She added :”I have heard homophobic language used in connection with this very loving and progressive step.” She said the language use “belongs in the Dark Ages”.

“This is a live-and-let-live policy,” Mrs Featherstone told the newspaper . “We have no wish to cross over into territory that is not ours, no desire to stop those who believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

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UK: Dean of London’s St. Paul Cathedral Says Church Should Welcome Marriage Equality

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Church of England and Marriage EqualityThe new Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in London has called on the Church of England to embrace gay couples who wish to marry, calling marriage the ‘best pattern for how to flourish [...] gay or straight’.

The Very Revd David Ison was formally appointed this week by the Queen to replace the Rt Rev Graeme Knowles who stood down following the row over the Occupy movement’s camp outside the cathedral.

In an interview with The Times today the new dean, a married grandfather, has weighed into the debate on whether gay couples should be allowed to marry, saying the institution does not “belong” to the Church of England.

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Church of England Clergy Push for Marriage Equality

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

As the Church of England prepares for its General Synod meeting, which begins Monday, some clergy members are calling for greater acceptance of LGBT people within the denomination.

The denomination refuses to allow civil partnerships, a marriage-like union available to same-sex couples in the U.K., to be performed in its churches, and it allows clergy to be in civil partnerships but requires them to be celibate.

An open letter signed by more than 100 London priests who say clergy should be allowed to perform civil partnerships in their churches if they so desire was published Thursday in London’s Times, Pink Newsreports. “This should be a matter for the individual conscience,” they wrote, as is the decision on whether to perform marriages for divorced people. The bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres, responded by saying there are more pressing issues for the church to deal with, according to London’s Guardian.

Full Story from The Advocate

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UK: Church of England Says it May Have to Offer Weddings to Gay Couples

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Church of EnglandSame-sex couples will be able to have church weddings if David Cameron goes ahead with plans to allow gay marriage, the Church of England indicated yesterday. Its lawyers said that weddings will have to be offered to same-sex couples under any scheme to open the full privileges and title of marriage to gays and lesbians.

They suggested that if same-sex couples could marry the Church would no longer be sheltered from equality laws that forbid it from discriminating against homosexuals.

The admission was made by officials in a paper on the impact of new civil partnership regulations. The rules, which come into effect on Monday, mean that, for the first time, churches would in theory be able to host same-sex civil partnership registration ceremonies.

Full Story from the Mail Online

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UK: Church of England Bishops Call Gay Rights “Dangerous”

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Church of EnglandGay rights laws are eroding Christianity and stifling free speech, Church of England bishops warned yesterday. Senior clerics, including former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, spoke out ahead of a High Court ‘clash of rights’ hearing over whether Christians are fit to foster or adopt children.

The test case starting today involves a couple who say they have been barred from fostering because they refuse to give up their religious belief that homosexuality is unacceptable. Supporters hope their legal challenge will set a precedent for the rights of Christians to foster children without compromising their faith.

But senior bishops fear that if the ruling goes against them, it could have devastating consequences for those with religious beliefs. Either way, they believe the case will determine whether Christians can continue to express their beliefs in this country.

Full Story from the Daily Mail

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