Posted on 11/04/2022 7:01:00 PM PDT by marshmallow
More than 1100 licensed priests in the Church of England have indicated that they are willing to conduct same-sex marriages if they become legal.
The survey was conducted by the Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England over the course of the last month. In a statement announcing the results, the chairman of the organisation, the Revd Nigel Pietroni, said: “It is clear from the feedback after Living in Love and Faith that the majority want the current situation to change.”
The list of signatories is being kept private, but the names were cross-checked against clergy databases, and only those who are currently licensed were counted.
According to the Campaign for Equal Marriage, every diocese was represented among the signatories, who ranged in experience from assistant curates to bishops.
Mr Pietroni continued: “There can be no more delay. We look to the bishops to allow freedom of conscience for clergy who wish to bless same sex couples, and for clergy married to their same sex partners to serve in ministry. The bishops must give a clear message that marriage equality will follow.”
(Excerpt) Read more at churchtimes.co.uk ...
You’ll regret it when flatulence starts sounding like afterburners kicking in.
Certainly not Biblical.
Wow. A great falling away...
Demonic evil.
Will the couples be “prancing”, or “sashaying” down the aisle?
Gee, I guess that means God has to approve of it.
The "majority" need to find a different line of work.
And so does this guy.
Reprobate minds?
Do you think they should learn to code? 🤪
Obesiance to Satan.
So, code maybe. Clergy (their form) or Politics, no.
Last Days
Tagline.
Lawlessness will abound.
The U.S. Catholic Church is similar in size to the Church of England. It’s filled with mega-church-sized parishes, many times the size of the average Anglican Church (at least in America). It has a severe priest shortage blamed on celibacy rules that the Anglican church does not have. Women cannot be ordained. And it has more than 40,000 priests.
How is this more than 2-3% of the Ch of E?
They may as well burn sulphur scented incense for the ceremonies.
There are about 20,000 active Anglican clergy in the UK, so 5%.
That
They gave up “biblical” when they installed Caesar as head of their church.
Church of England also was responsible for burning my ancestor at the stake for heresy — the last martyr in England to die that way.
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