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5 April 202123 October 2021

Repeating Workshop:
An Inclusive Introduction to Living in Love and Faith

A workshop to explore the content of the LLF resources from an inclusive perspective NB As there is now less demand for the workshops we have decided not to offer any more for the time being. If you would like to come to a workshop if we decide to restart them, please let us know by …

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An Inclusive Introduction to Living in Love and Faith”

The Equal Campaign and LLF

The Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England welcomes the publication of Living in Love and Faith and the other resources produced by the LLF project. We share its hope for a constructive and respectful dialogue within the Church of England between those of different views on human sexuality and relationships, and look …

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12 June 201922 July 2021

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 criminalised). Botswana’s High Court has just struck down colonial era legislation ( 10th June 2019). This victory for justice and equality marks another small victory …

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12 June 201911 April 2021

Marriage, Scripture and some things to think about

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 …

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22 May 20192 December 2022

Methodist Church moves closer to marriage equality.

The Methodist Church has moved a step closer to recognizing gay marriages in a new Report entitled ‘God in Love Unites Us‘, and which was drawn up by the Methodist Church’s Marriage and Relationships Task Group. The Report comes at the end of a long process of reflection and study, and it will be put …

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9 May 20192 July 2019

Ribs to Go

by Marcus Green The Revd Marcus Green is a member of the Living in Love and Faith process and Vicar of Steeple Aston Church in the Diocese of Oxford. He writes regularly in his blog on a variety of issues and in the following addresses the use of Genesis 1 and 2 in the discussions …

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3 May 201911 April 2021

Tears in God’s Wineskin: a theology of hospitality

by Elaine Ambrose Elaine Ambrose is a member of the Church of England in London; she has studied at The London Bible College and Heythrop College, and her PhD studies were at King’s College London. She writes on the challenge to Christian theology of the marriages of same-sex couples. Her website can be found here …

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13 April 201922 July 2021

Church of England pressed to end ban on same-sex marriage – Pink News

Pink News has covered the launch of the Equal Campaign with a positive story. You can read it here. A new campaign has launched, calling on the Church of England to end its ban on same-sex weddings. The Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England launched on Friday (April 12), seeking an end …

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13 April 201922 July 2021

Equal – The Campaign for Equal Marriage in the CofE launches

We have officially launched our Campaign with an advert in the Church Times on the fifth anniversary of the wedding of Canon Jeremy Pemberton and Laurence Cunnington. Our aim is simple – to see the Church of England welcome gay and lesbian couples to celebrate their marriages in Church of England Churches, nothing more, and …

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Thank you for visiting the website of the Equal Campaign. Here you will find informative articles, arguments, testimonies, resources, and signposts to a way forward for our Church. Equal, the Campaign for Equal Marriage in the Church of England, is campaigning for a change in the teaching and practice of the Church of England to …

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