Anglican Bishop Commissions Gay Ceremony

davidinalameda

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jan-10-05 12:49 PM
Original message

Anglican Bishop Commissions Gay Ceremony

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/011005ukMarr.htm

One of the most senior bishops in the Anglican Church in England has commissioned the writing of a liturgy for same-sex couples and cohabiting heterosexuals.

John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln, has instructed staff to prepare the rite.

The move is likely to anger Church conservatives still fighting the election of a gay bishop in the US and comes in the midst of attempts by the leader of the worldwide faith, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, to heal the rift.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

tjwmason

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jan-10-05 01:34 PM
Response to Original message

1. I've heard it's not really gay

I'm not sure whether this is just spin put out by the Diocesan Office to calm the waters, but they're claiming that this is not a gay union type ritual; thought it's blatently obvious this that will be it's primary use.

There is evidence of such ceremonies (whether explicitly sexual or not) going back centuries, so this is nothing new.

Also remember that this is England, and things move slowly but surely. We're just getting civil-unions, and few noises have been made as compared with the battles over gay-marriage in the U.S.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Wed May 01st 2024, 08:22 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.