{"id":3229,"date":"2023-01-18T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T11:08:18","slug":"church-of-england-bishop-refuses-to-allow-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/church-of-england-bishop-refuses-to-allow-same-sex-marriage\/2023\/01\/18\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of England bishop refuses to allow same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON<\/span> (Reuters)Jan,18<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> Church<\/span> of<\/span> England<\/span>\u00a0opposes<\/span> allowing<\/span> same-sex<\/span> couples<\/span> to<\/span> marry<\/span> in<\/span> churches.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> proposal<\/span> is<\/span> drawn<\/span> up<\/span> and<\/span> presented<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> General<\/span> Synod<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> bishops<\/span> who<\/span> form<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> three<\/span> branches<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Church’s<\/span> governing<\/span> body<\/span> known<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> General<\/span> Synod,<\/span> after<\/span> six<\/span> years<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Church<\/span> of<\/span> England’s<\/span> consultations<\/span> on<\/span> sex<\/span> and<\/span> marriage.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Church<\/span> of<\/span> England<\/span> is<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> heart<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> wider<\/span> Anglican<\/span> communion,<\/span> representing<\/span> her<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 85<\/span> million<\/span> people<\/span> in<\/span> over<\/span> 165<\/span> countries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Same-sex<\/span> couples<\/span> cannot<\/span> yet<\/span> marry<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Church<\/span> of<\/span> England,”<\/span> the<\/span> statement<\/span> said,<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> BBC’s<\/span> overnight<\/span> report<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> bishop<\/span> had<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> a<\/span> change<\/span> in<\/span> dogma<\/span> that<\/span> would<\/span> allow<\/span> priests<\/span> to<\/span> marry<\/span> homosexual<\/span> couples.<\/span> It<\/span> was<\/span> confirmed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> proposal,<\/span> same-sex<\/span> couples<\/span> after<\/span> civil<\/span> marriage<\/span> may<\/span> have<\/span> church<\/span> services<\/span> where<\/span> “prayers<\/span> of<\/span> devotion,<\/span> gratitude,<\/span> or<\/span> God’s<\/span> blessing<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> couple”<\/span> are<\/span> performed.<\/span> Same-sex<\/span> marriage<\/span> was<\/span> legalized<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> UK<\/span> in<\/span> 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Still,<\/span> prayers<\/span> to<\/span> clergy<\/span> are<\/span> optional<\/span> and<\/span> can<\/span> be<\/span> used<\/span> in<\/span> combinations<\/span> that<\/span> “reflect<\/span> the<\/span> church’s<\/span> theological<\/span> diversity,”<\/span> the<\/span> Church<\/span> of<\/span> England<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cThere<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> illusion<\/span> that<\/span> what<\/span> we<\/span> are<\/span> proposing<\/span> today<\/span> may<\/span> seem<\/span> too<\/span> much<\/span> to<\/span> some<\/span> and<\/span> not<\/span> enough<\/span> to<\/span> others,<\/span> but<\/span> what<\/span> we<\/span> have<\/span> agreed<\/span> will<\/span> serve<\/span> the<\/span> common<\/span> good.<\/span> I<\/span> hope<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> received<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> generosity<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> seeking<\/span> spirit.\u201d<\/span> Justin<\/span> Welby,<\/span> Archbishop<\/span> of<\/span> Canterbury.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Separately,<\/span> the<\/span> Anglican<\/span> bishop<\/span> will<\/span> apologize<\/span> later<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> “rejection,<\/span> marginalization<\/span> and<\/span> hostility”<\/span> LGBTQI+<\/span> people<\/span> have<\/span> faced<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> church,<\/span> the<\/span> statement<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Church<\/span> of<\/span> England,<\/span> founded<\/span> in<\/span> 1534,<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> at<\/span> odds<\/span> for<\/span> years<\/span> over<\/span> its<\/span> treatment<\/span> of<\/span> same-sex<\/span> marriage.<\/span> Lesbian,<\/span> gay,<\/span> bisexual,<\/span> and<\/span> transgender<\/span> (LGBT)<\/span> activists<\/span> fight<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> rights<\/span> as<\/span> heterosexual<\/span> Christians.<\/span> To<\/span> address<\/span> the<\/span> controversial<\/span> issue,<\/span> Welby<\/span> called<\/span> on<\/span> bishops<\/span> last<\/span> year<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> “full<\/span> of<\/span> love<\/span> for<\/span> all”<\/span> but<\/span> “rejected<\/span> homosexual<\/span> acts<\/span> as<\/span> contradicting<\/span> the<\/span> Bible.”<\/span> It<\/span> upheld<\/span> the<\/span> validity<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> 1998<\/span> resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters)Jan,18 – The Church of England\u00a0opposes allowing same-sex couples to marry in churches. The proposal is drawn up and presented to the General Synod by the bishops who form one of the three branches of the Church’s governing body known as the General Synod, after six years of the Church of England’s consultations on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562],"tags":[285,693,825,826,827,828],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/94655128_hi037914849.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3229"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3257,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions\/3257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}