Church of England considering a transgender naming ritual, similar to baptism

The Deacon's Bench ^ | May 22, 2015 | Deacon Greg Kendra

[NYer]

No, this is not a joke: 

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.

Newlands said: “I wanted to bring it to the General Synod as a commitment that bishops will take seriously, and for them to take the next step of getting a liturgy which parish priests can use for people who do the transition where they can be affirmed in the church.”

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[NYer]

Where’s that in the Bible, ping.

[Darren McCarty]

Henry VIII is giving a standing ovation.

[beethovenfan]

Pick one - he, she, or it.

[MeshugeMikey]

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

whats wrong with sane discrimination?????

they havent suffered high levels of anything tougher than discrimination?

let em invent their own home brewed “ceremonies” and hold em in a closet somewhere

[Shadow44]

Anglo-Catholics should swim the Tiber, and broad Church Anglicans should break away too.

Leave the perverted squishes to rot away by themselves.

[allendale]

Europeans are finding epicurean, neo pagan hedonism as being preferable to traditional Christianity. It is not surprising that the agnostic Church of England, founded by the vile Henry VIII is transforming Christian rituals into bizarre ceremonies celebrating the decadence.

[conservativejoy]

Special welcome for Reprobates?

[Shadow44]

I meant Low Church, not broad. Whoops!

[marron]

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.

It is not possible that any Christians remain in the Church of England.

Once the Holy Spirit has departed, there is nothing left to do but notify the realtors.

[GreyFriar]

Totally abominable!

[livius]

Henry VIII is giving a standing ovation.

Probably. He had no idea where all this would lead, but then, he really didn't care. It was all about him. Sort of the Bill Clinton of his day.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Church of England considering a transgender naming ritual, similar to baptism

Remember when mentally ill people were given medcial help? Now the Government and even the Church are excepting this mental illness as normal and people no longer get help.

[CharlesOConnell]

“The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone. For respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.” - Oscar Wilde

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Pretty building. Almost thought it was a church till I read what they are doing inside.

[Amendment10]

It’s too bad that the Church of England is still regarded as a Christian church. 1 Timothy 1:7 comes to mind.

A related thread references an article which indicates that transgender surgery is basically a waste of time, essentially nothing more than a contribution to a surgeon’s retirement plan imo.

FR: Why the First Hospital to Do Sex-Reassignment Surgeries No Longer Does Them

[Lee N. Field]

Those wacky brits.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

The road to total apostasy gets steeper going down.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Ezekiel 8:

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

[Beowulf9]

From the Church that was started by a King who was Excommunicated... Pay no attention to those headless Queens...