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
In February 2023 General Synod voted to allow the blessing of same-sex couples and for the odious Issues in Human Sexuality to be given the boot and replaced by new, more progressive, Pastoral Guidance – see https://cofe-equal-marriage.org.uk/b/1Ae for full details. Since then we have been waiting expectantly to hear news of the progress made in …
by Charlie Bell The Revd Dr Charlie Bell is a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge, assistant curate at St John the Divine, Kennington, and a consultant to the LLF Implementation Pastoral Guidance Working Group. In this article, first published in ViaMedia.news, he concludes: “We have had enough. We have been taken for granted in Synod, …
Quick link to audio – well worth listening to! Danny Beard is a British drag performer and singer who won the 2022 season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’. This 14-minute podcast is the second episode of a four-part series published on BBC Sounds. In this episode, entitled ‘Love and God‘, Danny meets Charlie and Aly …
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by Charlie Bell The Revd Dr Charlie Bell is a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge, assistant curate at St John the Divine, Kennington, and a consultant to the LLF Implementation Pastoral Guidance Working Group. In this article, first published in ViaMedia.news, he concludes: “It’s time – in fact, it’s well beyond time – for our …
The General Synod of the Church of England has today voted, after a lengthy debate, to allow the blessing of same-sex couples in its churches, and has issued draft ‘Prayers of Love and Faith’ to be used by willing clergy when the prayers have been finalized and commended. All three Houses – Laity, Clergy and …
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Quick link to audio – well worth listening to! Three Counties Radio (known as 3CR) is a BBC local radio station covering Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. On Sunday mornings it has a three-hour programme similar to the Radio 4 Sunday programme, hosted by Nighat Arif. This Sunday’s show (22 January 2023) focused on the Church …
On 20 January the Church of England published their proposals to allow the church blessing of same-sex couples, together with draft liturgies for such services. Alas, same-sex marriage is not included. These documents will be considered by General Synod in February. They can be downloaded by clicking the links below: Living in Love and Faith: …
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The Roman Catholic bishops of the Flanders (Flemish-speaking) province of Belgium issued a document in September 2022 that allows priests to bless same-sex unions – despite the Vatican’s prohibition of such blessings. They said their decision is not intended as an act of resistance against the Vatican but as a positive move showing that the …
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