Church of England to consider transgender naming ceremony

The Guardian ^ | 5/21/15 | Karen McVeigh

[markomalley]

The Church of England is to debate plans to introduce a ceremony akin to a baptism to mark the new identities of Christians who undergo gender transition.

The Rev Chris Newlands, the vicar of Lancaster Priory, has proposed a motion to the General Synod to debate the issue, after he was approached by a young transgender person seeking to be “re-baptised” in his new identity.

The motion, which was passed by Blackburn Diocese last month, calls on the House of Bishops to consider whether it should introduce a new service to mark the milestone in the life of a trans person. A spokesperson for the Archbishops’ Council confirmed that the motion had been received, but said it would not be debated imminently.

Newlands urged the church to take the lead on welcoming a group that suffered high levels of discrimination.

He said he knew a number of trans people though his work with LGBT organisations. “It’s an absolute trauma to go through this, with the surgery, as people get a lot of transphobic bullying. The church needs to take a lead and be much more proactive to make sure they are given a warm welcome.”

The motion had “captured people’s imagination”, he said, and already gathered a large amount of support. It has been passed by the parochial church council, the Deanery Synod and the Blackburn Diocese, which covers Lancashire.

[markomalley]

h/t to Fr Z

[FlingWingFlyer]

So called churches pimping sexual deviancy. Go figure.

[PistolPaknMama]

I’m thinking Jesus might be coming in the next few days. We have to be living in the end of the end times.

[stars & stripes forever]

[We have to be living in the end of the end times.]

http://patburt.com/

[freedomfiter2]

And they wonder why the Brits have stopped going to church.

[madprof98]

It’s an absolute trauma to go through this, with the surgery, as people get a lot of transphobic bullying.

Without the "transphobic bullying," mutilating yourself would no doubt be just a walk in the park.

[MNDude]

I can help come up with some of the names.

[allendale]

The decadent descendants of the vile Henry VIII perform true to form.

[Travis McGee]

"I kept looking up for the big asteroid, but we didn’t need God to smite us from outer space. In the end, we smote ourselves with our hubris, believing that we were replacing God’s wisdom with our own. The proud decadence and in-your-face cultural perversions didn’t cause the Rupture, but they were surely flashing red signs warning that the end was near."

Click the pic to the full-text Free Republic thread.

Alas, Brave New Babylon 60-second Youtube trailer

[Travis McGee]

[Sooth2222]

This is not my ancestors’ Church of England...

[Sooth2222]

It was probably far more psychologically traumatic when they performed the procedure without anesthesia.

[kidd]

Henry VIII started the Church of England by separating with the Catholic Church. Dismembered his wives by removing their heads.

The Church of England is still encouraging beheading.

Kind of a gross little cult, isn’t it?

[VanDeKoik]

It isnt so much a church, but a personality cult formed by a deranged monarch, with some perfunctory Christian trappings, to fool the public into thinking it wasn’t a rip-off denomination.

And for a few centuries it actually made a decent effort at being legit, but now it’s back to it’s crazy roots.

[Honorary Serb]

It’s HERESY!!!!

“ONE baptism for the remission of sins”!!!!

And “transgenderism” is a DELUSION!!!!

[Honorary Serb]

BUMP!!!!

[Mr. Dough]

It’s like Hillary said, religions are going to have to change!

[bgill]

Henry VIII would be so proud.

[the scotsman]

‘The Church of England?: as long as you give them a can of food at harvest time, they’re happy and you can do what you want...’

-—Rowan Atkinson in old comedy sketch

[Mad Dawg]

It's a sobering example of where disobedience and invalid sacraments lead.