The Campaign For Equal Marriage in the Church of England
working to allow all couples to marry in church, regardless of their sex or sexuality
by Michael Sadgrove The Very Revd Michael Sadgrove, who before his retirement was Dean of Durham, has long supported equal marriage in the Church. We are very grateful to him for writing this excellent article for the Equal Campaign, demonstrating that our case is ‘built on a solid theological and ethical foundation’. What is the …
This excellent article by Simon Taylor, Canon Chancellor of Derby Cathedral, is taken from Modern Believing, the journal of Modern Church. Many of us are looking for strong arguments based firmly on Scripture and this is one of the best in an increasing field of research, study and argument. Highly recommended. You can download the …
Continue reading “An Invitation to the Feast: A positive biblical approach to equal marriage”
by Andrew Foreshew-Cain The following talk was given by Fr Andrew at the Rainbow Church event at St Stephen’s, Bath on Saturday 18 May 2019. In it he looks at marriage in Scripture, approaches to reading Scripture and issues in interpretation. Thank you for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon. My intention is …
Continue reading “Marriage, Scripture and some things to think about”
by Jeremy Pemberton Jeremy Pemberton is a former canon in the Church of England who, in 2014, became the first priest to marry his same-sex partner. He has recently published the following opinion piece in the online magazine Openly. The first same-sex marriages were celebrated on 29 March 2014 shortly after midnight. No same-sex marriages …
Continue reading “The Church of England must open its doors to same-sex weddings”
by Andrew Lightbown Andrew Lightbown (Rector of Winslow) recently wrote a blog post about the sad irony that he was able to officiate at the funeral of a gay man at which the 40-year relationship that had been at the centre of his life was celebrated, and yet the Church of England had been unable …
Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham, analyses the arguments for and against the marriage of same-gender couples in the Church and concludes unequivocally that the Church of England should accept and celebrate equal marriage.
On 28 March 2014 the then Dean of Durham, Michael Sadgrove, wrote a blog post to celebrate equal marriage becoming law in England on that day when the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 came into force. You can read the post here. In this 2014 post he recognized that equal marriage was something new (in England) …
On 27 July 2017 Michael Sadgrove, who before he retired in 2015 was the Dean of Durham, wrote a blog post to commemorate the 50th anniversary (to the day) of the 1967 Act of Parliament that decriminalized homosexual activity between consenting male adults in private. You can read the full post here. What follows is …