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
Last Friday’s Church Times (27 October 2023) had an excellent leader comment, pointing out that “As the row intensifies over how the Church of England acknowledges such [same-sex] relationships, it is easy to overlook that it is about ordinary, unremarkable couples, living and ministering with the minimum of fuss.” It is well worth reading, so here …
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UPDATE: Same-sex Marriage List Campaign Action This Action, to build a list of serving clergy in the C of E who would be willing to solemnize the marriages of same-sex couples in church when it’s legal to do so, has now reached a critical stage. Earlier this month (October 2022), the number of verified clergy who …
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In today’s Church Times [8 October 2022] is an interesting article entitled ‘Bishops say meetings with LGBTQ reps at Lambeth Palace were fruitful’. This refers to the meetings on 30 September – see https://cofe-equal-marriage.org.uk/llf-next-steps-historic-meetings/. The article includes some good quotes from the journalist’s interview with Equal’s Chair, The Revd Nigel Pietroni, that took place after …
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Every decade or so the bishops of the Anglican Communion’s constituent Churches are invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to gather for fellowship, prayer and discussion on the issues affecting the life of the Churches of the Communion for the Lambeth Conference. The next meeting is to be held in 2020 [postponed to 2022] and …
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