Gay Marriage 'Nothing to Fear', Say Senior Anglicans

BBC ^ | 6/12/12

[marshmallow]

A group of leading Anglicans says the Church of England has "nothing to fear" from the prospect of gay marriage and it is should be a cause for rejoicing.

In a letter to The Times, prominent figures including five former bishops say statements by church leaders give a false impression of popular feeling.

"We believe the Church has nothing to fear from... civil marriage for same-sex couples," it says.

"It will be for the churches to then decide how they respond pastorally."

A leading signatory of the letter is Dr Jeffrey John, the openly gay dean of St Albans, whose appointment as Bishop of Reading in 2003 was withdrawn after protests from conservative Anglicans.

It is also signed by the suffragan bishop of Buckingham and the deans of Portsmouth, Norwich and Guildford.

It says marriage is a "robust institution which has adapted much over the centuries" and has "moved beyond the polygamy of the Old Testament and preoccupation with social status and property in pre-Enlightenment times".

[marshmallow]

Related thread from yesterday: Plans to Allow Gay Marriages 'Could Force Church to Split From State' for First Time in 500 Years

[LukeL]

Can one find 10 rigtheous men anymore? If not you better look up.

[alloysteel]

Gay marriage may be “nothing to fear”, but it isn’t much of a principle to promote, either. There is absolutely no redeeming social benefit to this travesty of human relationships.

I have nothing at all against a binding contract between individuals for personal obligations, even to the point of indentures into servitude, but to get the blessings of religion to support this arrangement, that is calling on the induldgence of the Diety, and the consequences may not be pleasant.

[TLI]

Gay Marriage 'Nothing to Fear'

Yeah, Juan McCain said the same thing about a little bammy Presidency...

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[Army Air Corps]

A leading signatory of the letter is Dr Jeffrey John, the openly gay dean of St Albans, whose appointment as Bishop of Reading in 2003 was withdrawn after protests from conservative Anglicans.

One of the signatories is someone who was rejected by the members of his church. How many more of the signatories were also rejected by church members?

[Ron C.]

"...the Church of England has "nothing to fear" from the prospect of gay marriage..."

Yeah, just like Sodom and Gomorrah had nothing to fear by putting a public stamp of approval on homosexual activities.

They've proven that the Church of England has thrown out Biblical principles, and can no longer be considered a Christian church. Uh... as have most 'mainstream' American churches.

God's harsh judgement will not be very far away.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Paging Myth Romney ... Paging Myth Romney ...

The white courtsey phone in the "LGBT Marriage-and-Child-Adoption-Resort" is waiting in the Lobby for you ...




LGBT Hotel Manager to Clerk:

"You don't suppose that Romney Guy finally got those "angel wings" he's been whispering about ...

and is headed to that (secret) Planet Kolob of his, do you ?

He kept muttering something about the using the Hotel's telescope and wanting to see the Constellation Cancer ...

And just that minute ... Senators Ted Kennedy and Lindsay Graham came dancing in the door together ... with Congressman Barney Frank just behind them ...

"All" thanking and slobbering over Myth Romney (especially Barney Frank) over Myth's signing that LGBT Marriage and Child-Adoption legislation into Law ...

Can you believe that ?

Well ... if you're a FREE REPUBLIC "Surrender Monkey" ...

climbing on board the "Myth Romney is Inevitable Merry-Go-Round" ...

that's operated in the background by Juan McCain ...

you probably do believe it ...

since You probably believe ANYTHING at THIS POINT ...




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[Recon Dad]

leading Anglicans says the Church of England has “nothing to fear” from the prospect of gay marriage and it is should be a cause for rejoicing.

....the queen will be a Roman Catholic before her next anniversary!

[nutmeg]

Remove me from your ping list immediately.

I did not request to join your ping list.

[Patton@Bastogne]

no ping list here ... nutty ... just a simple post to a simple mind ...

[cherry]

absolutely....let them have legal relationships...and all the problems that incurs....but to sanction two gays as married?...quite silly....

this world is just getting to be too much....

[jaydee770]

...the "Myth Romney is Inevitable Merry-Go-Round"...

Thank you, Capt. Obvious!! Why, if you hadn't chimed in with this info, why all of us here on F.R. would *NEVER* have guessed that Romney is a RINO!!

What's next? Will you tell us that Ron Paul's youth support is predominantly about "legal-weed" more than anything else? We would never guess that!

I await your next revelation about Romney with antici...................................pation!

[xzins]

termites got a right to eat!

[nutmeg]

no ping list here ... nutty ... just a simple post to a simple mind ...

So I have a "simple mind", as you put it.

Go back and do a search on your own stupid posts lately. It's obvious to just about everyone here on FR who's not playing with a full deck.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Well ... it's certainly a "truth" that the Myth-Botts are annoyed by my posts about the ...

"Celestial God-Child from Planet Kolob" ...



I guess that they find it comforting (yikes !) that an abased pathelogical self-serving liar and political fraud like ...

Myth ...

might actually have his hands on the U.S. Nuclear Launch Codes ...




I guess the only consolation is that Myth and his GOP E-RINO Gay-Marriage Yacht-Club bubbies ...

and a few Bain Capital friends ...

would do a computerized "investment analysis" before allowing a certain area to get the W88 treatment ...




Yikes ... again ...



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[circlecity]

"A group of leading Anglicans says the Church of England has "nothing to fear" from the prospect of gay marriage"

But Christians disagree......

[Broker]

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

Job 28:28 And he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord--that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.'"

Biblical knowledge empowers Christians and befuddles new age episcopalians.

[nutmeg]

You pro-gay marriage, gun-grabbing Obama The Abortionist supporters are truly insane, as evidenced by your deranged posts.

It's people like you who are destroying FR, and driving hundreds of longtime good, decent FReepers away from this site. (Notice how long the Freepathons take now?)

I am NOT a "Romney supporter", but I will crawl over broken glass on November 6th to oust the current Marxist occupant, his evil czars, and all democRATs. You can sit home on election day and pout because Romney "isn't pure enough", or waste your vote on some third-party crackpot.

Stop posting your garbage to me immediately.