Ecuador legalizes same-sex marriage
Gay Times has reported on the latest country to legalize same-sex marriage. Ecuador’s highest court has ruled in favour of same-sex marriage. On Wednesday 12 June, the Constitutional Court in …
Botswana decriminalizes homosexuality.
Around the world there are many places where to be gay is illegal, but the number has just reduced by one (there are still 71 places where being gay is …
Nigerian Anglican Church continues its persecution of gay clergy
Various news sites are reporting that four more priests in the Anglican Church of Nigeria have been dismissed for ‘homosexual practices’. Their dismissal and defrocking follows similar actions against two …
University of Kent seeks meeting with Lambeth Conference organisers
The University of Kent has come under pressure from its own students and (and here) staff, as well as many others, for agreeing to host the Lambeth Conference, at which …
Toronto Bishops issue statement on Lambeth Conference
The College of Bishops of Toronto have issued a statement in response to the action of the Archbishop of Canterbury in refusing to invite the husband of Bishop Kevin Robertson …
Sexual irony – speaking well of the dead
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 …
American bishops criticise Lambeth Conference discrimination
From the Episcopal News Website: The American Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops said March 15 that it is “aggrieved and distressed” by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s decision to …
About the Campaign
The Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England was formally launched in April 2019 to campaign for changes in the Church to remove the current discrimination against married …
Husbands and wives of gay and lesbian bishops banned from Lambeth 2020
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 …
Now is the time for change
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 …