In his speech to Liverpool Diocesan Synod today, Bishop James Jones has argued that the Church should view the debate over human sexuality in the same way that in the past we have agreed to disagree over Just War. He says,
A cursory glance at the history of the just war theory and the ethics of [...]
You can read the full thing here. For me, the key sections around human sexuality are these.
The debate over the status and vocational possibilities of LGBT people in the Church is not helped by ignoring the existing facts, which include many regular worshippers of gay or lesbian orientation and many sacrificial and exemplary priests who [...]
Yesterday in Synod we had question time (a slightly less fractious affair then the one that happens over the road from where Synod meets) and there were one or two questions up to discuss issues around the Equality Bill and human sexuality. As it happened, John Sentamu answered most of those queries and his responses [...]
I’ve not blogged a lot on the Equality Bill currently going through the UK Parliament, mainly because I haven’t had much to say. There’s also very good coverage on Thinking Anglicans (and very poor opinion in the comments) which is keeping most people up to date with what’s going on.
In the last few days I’ve [...]
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As I’ve mentioned before, Andrew Marin is coming to the UK around Easter time for Spring Harvest. He was last here in 2009 and he’s just begun publishing an interesting series of videos he recorded during that trip to Blighty. Here’s the first, together with his comments.
I will be extrapolating on the broader overviews I took away [...]
Here’s yesterday’s statement in all its glory, with comment underneath.
The Church of Uganda is studying the proposed “Anti-homosexuality bill” and, therefore, does not yet have an official position on the bill. In the meantime, we can restate our position on a number of related issues.
Our deepest conviction as the Church of Uganda is that, [...]
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It’s not often I find myself agreeing with Colin Coward, but his blog piece this morning is right on the nail.
The Church of England is fact divided on sexuality. The House of Bishops is divided – they are not of one mind about homosexuality. The House of Bishops does not speak with honesty and the [...]
An absolutely brilliant press statement from Fulcrum on D025 and other developments.
The decision, by a 2-to-1 majority, of the House of Bishops of TEC to pass D025 represents a further determined walking apart by the American Church and must have significant consequences for the relationship of TEC to the Church of England and the Anglican [...]
I’ve disabled comment editing for the moment as it seems to be playing up. You will still be able to write comments, you just won’t be able to change them if you make a mistake!!!
Also, thanks for all the comments on the forum. For the moment we’ll park the idea and see what else we [...]
For those who have access to God TV, main stage sessions from the Love Won Out Conference are being shown over the next few weeks. It’s a good opportunity to check out these day long sessions on homosexuality produced by Focus on the Family, regardless of where you’re coming from on the issue.
Karen K has [...]
