Church of England To Allow Church Blessings For Gay Couples
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| Under consideration: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said the Church will now consider the recommendations |
And according to it, gay couples should be allowed to have their relationships blessed in church.
DailyMail reports that the report, written by former civil servant Sir Joseph Pilling and a team of senior churchmen and women, was published seven months after the Church first indicated it is looking at ‘accommodations’ for same-sex couples and four months after the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, told Church leaders that ‘we must accept there is a revolution in the area of sexuality.’
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| Recommendations: The report was put together by former civil servant Sir Joseph Pelling, pictured |
It signals an end to the Church’s longstanding insistence that gay relationships are sinful and less worthy than heterosexual marriage.
And may now open the way for a reversal of the CofE’s opposition to same-sex marriage and the eventual appointment of actively homosexual priests and bishops
Archbishop Welby said yesterday that bishops will now ‘consider the report and decide how such a process might best be shaped.’
