What does the Christian alternative to same-sex marriage look like?
I travelled to Bath yesterday evening for a public debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill organised by Don Foster, MP for Bath – who voted for the Bill in its second reading. The evening was chaired by...
View ArticleKeeping us all in order
men and women in marriage, a new report from the Church of England, which has just been published, is the work of the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission (FAOC). The Commission was formed...
View ArticleExtending marriage to same-sex couples might be redemptive, says Charlotte...
Charlotte Methuen, a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the Church of England, the body responsible for publishing the Man and Woman in Marriage document, has written an article Marriage: one...
View ArticleLatest news on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
The Bill has been carried over to the 2013-14 session. The Bill is due to have its report stage and third reading on 20 and 21 May 2013. The Government Bill was presented to Parliament on 24 January...
View ArticlePicking over the Pilling Report – No 4: Continuing conversations and current...
I hoped to be briefer in reviewing the last two sections of the Introduction to the Pilling Report, but there has been plenty to pick over here. The obligations of belonging to the Anglican Communion...
View ArticleThe Pilling Report Reviewed No 9: Trying to fill the theological gap
I’ve reached the final section of ‘Summarizing the Evidence’, Part 2 of the Pilling Report which is entitled Perspectives from two theologians We are told that the presentations to the working party by...
View ArticleWhen Andrew met Sally – a reply to Andrew Symes
In a fictional piece at Anglican Mainstream, Andrew Symes asks the rhetorical question “’Changing Attitudes’ – why not changing desires?”...
View ArticleThe Purity of the Marital Bed? : The Distinction between Sexual Orientation...
The distinction between orientation and behaviour seems to have become the mantra of the moment amongst conservatives. Chris Sugden of Anglican Mainstream repeated it endlessly in his attack on...
View ArticleScottish government launches marriage equality consultation
The Scottish government has launched its promised consultation on marriage equality. The SNP-led government says it is considering whether to allow “religious ceremonies for civil partnerships and the...
View ArticleTory MP calls for churches to be banned from holding marriages if they refuse...
Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove, has called for churches to be banned from holding marriages if they refuse to perform civil partnerships for gay couples. He says that the idea will bring...
View ArticleCanon Tim Dakin of CMS to be new Bishop of Winchester
The Reverend Canon Tim Dakin was named by Downing Street last week as the next Bishop of Winchester, the fifth most senior in the Church of England, with an automatic seat in the House of Lords. His...
View ArticleEqual marriage in the Argentine military is an important advance in...
The Argentina Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans (FALGBT) celebrates the first test of equal marriage in the Argentine Army, just over a year after the Equality Act was enacted. Paulon...
View ArticleKenyan High Court reaffirms ruling to recognise woman to woman marriage
Behind the Mask carries an article by Melissa Wainaina describing how the High Court in the Kenyan city of Mombasa has backed a landmark ruling allowing a woman who was ‘married’ to another woman to...
View ArticleThe Archbishop of York reveals his failure to understand LGB&T Anglicans
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Archbishop of York says: “Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.” “I don’t think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is. It...
View ArticleEve Was Not Adam’s Wife: A Response to Andrew Goddard’s Attack on Gay Marriage
In a recent article on the Fulcrum website, Andrew Goddard has written forcefully against the government’s proposals for equal civil marriage on the grounds that they will so fundamentally redefine the...
View ArticleSentamu’s and CEEC’s flawed responses to LGB&T Anglicans
The Rt Rev Richard Harries, patron of Changing Attitude, has a letter published in today’s Guardian responding to the Archbishop of York’s statement on Marriage and Civil Partnerships. Richard Harries...
View ArticleLook mum I’m on the telly!
Reality TV is all the rage at the moment. OK so it can be intrusive and voyeuristic. But it can also be information and educative, helping audiences to understand and appreciate other people....
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