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Bishop to Attend Lambeth Conference Without Wife in Protest at Bar on Gay Clergy Partners
Premier.org ^ | 2/26/19 | Alex Williams

Posted on 03/02/2019 5:35:30 PM PST by marshmallow

The Bishop of Liverpool has said he will attend an international summit of Anglican leaders without his wife next year, in protest at a bar on the partners of gay clergy.

Rt Rev Paul Bayes described the decision to prevent same-sex partners of clergy from attending the 2020 Lambeth Conference as an "act of exclusion".

In a message posted on Twitter, he said: "I deeply regret that, in the fractious complexities of our life as a worldwide people, this act of exclusion has taken its place.

"It is a grief to me and to my wife, and to many others. Despite this, I aim to attend the Conference, alone, in the hope of a common future."

The Anglican Communion - which includes national churches from 165 countries - was forced to clarify its stance on the matter last week, following "misunderstanding".


TOPICS: Current Events; Mainline Protestant; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: anglican; bayes; bishopofliverpool; churchofengland; england; heresy; homosexualagenda; lambethconference; liverpool; paulbayes; sodomandgomorrah; uk

1 posted on 03/02/2019 5:35:30 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Oh boy, that will send zero ripples through the dying Church of England.


2 posted on 03/02/2019 5:37:20 PM PST by Gman
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To: marshmallow

What a maroon.


3 posted on 03/02/2019 5:38:56 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: marshmallow

Sounds to me like the Bishop figured out a way to take a vacation from the missus.


4 posted on 03/02/2019 6:35:43 PM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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To: MAexile

he should go all the way,
drop his pants on the altar
and bend over.


5 posted on 03/02/2019 6:41:52 PM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: marshmallow

Ichabod


6 posted on 03/02/2019 6:51:34 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: MAexile

Or the missus said, “You go hang out with a bunch of queers if you like, but don’t expect me to be your beard.”


7 posted on 03/02/2019 7:32:48 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: crusty old prospector
What a maroon.

My exact thought! GMTA

8 posted on 03/02/2019 7:35:47 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister

Curly would throw in a nyuk, nyuk.


9 posted on 03/02/2019 7:43:17 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: marshmallow

Wife is probably happy to get rid of him for a few days.


10 posted on 03/03/2019 5:32:01 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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