Posted on 12/01/2017 8:51:26 AM PST by reaganaut1
LONDON — A prominent Anglican cleric and gay rights campaigner known for contentious gestures has urged believers to pray for Prince George — age 4, and third in line to the throne — to find the love “of a fine young gentleman” when he grows up so as to advance the cause of same-sex marriage in church.
Coming just days after Prince Harry — George’s uncle, and fifth in line — announced his engagement to Meghan Markle, a divorced American actress, the suggestion by the Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth seemed to illuminate once more the role of royal romance in Britain’s imagination and conversation, especially when it collides with tradition.
Prince Harry and Ms. Markle have said they will marry in May at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, west of London. But it is only since 2002 that the Church of England has permitted church marriages for divorced people, “in exceptional circumstances” at the discretion of parish priests. The church teaching is that marriage is for life.
While same-sex marriage is permitted by law in most of Britain, the Church of England says on its website, “it remains the case that it is not legally possible for same-sex couples to marry” in its churches.
Mr. Holdsworth, the provost of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow, belongs to the Scottish Episcopal Church, a separate province of the Anglican Communion that voted in June to let its priests solemnize same-sex marriages.
In his campaign to expand on that change, Mr. Holdsworth wrote in a blog post on Thursday that believers could “pray in the privacy of their hearts (or in public if they dare) for the Lord to bless Prince George with a love, when he grows up, of a fine young gentleman.”
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The Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth will one day be 0 kelvin..................
ISIS is RIGHT about these people. Sad.
gay lifestyle is unhealthy
By what right does this pos destroy the life of the boy? obviously, he is going to find out about this. Obviously he is going to be disturbed by it. The wish of this pos is that the question brings about the desired effect.
Richard II has the LGBT angle covered.
So sick.
This is a sick, dying church with almost no members under 50. It won’t exist in a few more years.
So this cretin is praying for the boy’s early death by disease, suicide, addiction or violence - from other homosexuals?
Don’t believe me? Just check CDC statistics.
Those are the fruits of homosexuality.
Will the C of E still be around when the kid grows up?
I don’t know. His Majesty the Queen doesn’t sound right.
England like Germany and most of Europe have sold their souls to Satan.
How dare he impose his bullshit on someone else’s life?
A sick, bizarre, immoral organization, filled with evil
twisted, demented clergy and parishioners.
The Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth sounds like a homosexual child molester who thinks far too much about the young Prince George.
A civilized nation would immediately put an end to someone who poses a threat to small children.
Man, that is cold! 0K= -273C or -459F
Me thinks that Kelvin will be going to a warmer place!
Prominent Anglican cleric and gay rights campaigner well he just proved he likes little boys.
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