Gay marriag uld be nsired as soon as next year by the Church of England | ITV News

Contents:

• CLERIL LIFE: WHY N’T GAY UPL MARRY OUR PARISH CHURCH?
• FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK
• GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
• CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT
• GETTG MARRIED THE UK GAY MARRIAGE LAWS UK
• WHAT ABOUT GAY CHRISTIANS WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED CHURCH?
• WHAT CHURCH CAN GAY COUPL GET MARRIED IN?
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

CLERIL LIFE: WHY N’T GAY UPL MARRY OUR PARISH CHURCH?

A close readg of all that I’ve said will suggt to you that I see no theologil reason why gay upl shouldn’t be able to marry our parish church as they n the Uned Reformed Church down the road. I see no reason why gay upl who have a civil marriage at the registry office shouldn’t have that marriage blsed here, as is already possible the Church Wal. I see no reason why gay clergy shouldn’t be able to marry their partners, and every reason why they should.

The marriag of my gay iends, lleagu and former stunts don’t appear to me to be different kd or qualy to my own marriage or to the marriag I’ve wnsed and blsed church over the years.

FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK

Our three church this parish are lookg forward to the day when we n make e of the prayers of blsg, and to the day—soon, I hope—when there will be gay and lbian upl at our Marriage Preparatn Day (we hope to rtart next year).

Two women have married what is believed to be the UK's first gay weddg held a Tipper and Barb Burn tied the knot at the Metropolan muny church (MCC) Bournemouth, Dorset, on law allowed same-sex upl to marry on 29 March, but this was the first ceremony to be nducted a relig buildg, the MCC Rev Dwayne Man, who officiated at the ceremony, said the church had taken pri celebratg diversy and lled a historic and Tipper, who have attend MCC for 15 years, said they were surprised to disver their weddg was a first. Unfortunately shows the lack of effective mistry by most church to gay people so many ways.

"We are grateful to all those who have stggled for the rights of gay people for so many years that has led to this historic day.

GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

For same-sex upl, beg gay and beg a Christian don’t always f together easily, pecially when they are makg plans for their weddg day. It means the church uld be closer than ever to allowg gay upl to weddgs were ma legal England and Wal 2014, but those same laws also protected the Church of England’s right to NOT hold such ceremoni whout the fear of beg taken to urt unr equaly legislatn.

I am gay and startg to thk about planng my own weddg and when people ask me what sort of ceremony I would like, I don’t yet have an answer bee I know that one optn that is not open to me is to have a ceremony my church.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SAYS THAT MARRIED GAY UPL SHOULD BE ABSTENT

They both met through church but feel like on their weddg day last summer they had to choose between beg gay and beg a Christian bee, like any same-sex uple, they were not allowed to marry wh the Church of England.

GETTG MARRIED THE UK GAY MARRIAGE LAWS UK

One of the those leadg the project is Canon Gil Goddard, vir of St John’s Waterloo who is himself gay and a civil partnership. 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.

WHAT ABOUT GAY CHRISTIANS WHO WANT TO GET MARRIED CHURCH?

The Church of England reaffirmed s anti-gay stance new guil that say that only straight, married upl should be havg sex.

WHAT CHURCH CAN GAY COUPL GET MARRIED IN?

“Bee of the ambiguy about the place of sexual activy wh [gay and straight civil partnerships], and the church’s teachg that marriage between a man and a woman is the proper ntext for sexual terurse, we do not believe that is possible for the church unndnally to accept civil partnerships as unequivolly reflectg the teachg of the church, ” the guidance says. The Amerin Epispal Church nsecrated Bishop Gene Robson, who is gay, 2003, g several church to fect. “The C of E is unable to get over s fixatn on homosexualy, which is drivg the the natnal church to a posn more like a fundamentalist sect and do not speak to the vast majory of younger people today, ” Lda Woodhead, a profsor of polics, relign, and philosophy at Lanster Universy, told the Guardian.

The first same-sex marriage at an Anglin church the UK is expected to take place Glasgow later this Mary’s Cathedral has bee the first the untry to be given permissn to nduct gay weddgs, a month after the Sttish Epispal church general synod voted overwhelmgly to allow s church to host the vote rulted non law beg changed to remove a doctral clse statg that marriage was between a man and a woman. “We are glad to be able to wele them and expect there will be many others who will follow them, ” he ngregatn at St Mary’s were active the mpaign to allow gay marriage Stland.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

“I’m a gay man myself and so ially for me was about g out and then, havg e out, was about helpg the church to e out, ” said Holdsworth.

It was a very supportive place and seemed to me important to get the church to tell the tth that was acceptg about people same-sex relatnships and then gradually members this ngregatn started to help the ph for gay marriage. “People sometim say that support for gay marriage is the biggt change social attus that has ever been measured, ” he said. “People ed to disagree wh gay relatnships que strongly and now they support them very strongly.