Is it just me or is Colin Coward over at Changing Attitude getting a bit boring? Gay bishops  There are 13 gay bishops among the 114 English bishops, nearly 15% of the total. They are all closeted to a greater …

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A nice simple press release from the CofE. The House of Bishops has announced the membership of a Group established to advise it on reviewing its Pastoral Statement issued prior to the introduction of civil partnerships in December 2005. The Group will …

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I’ve created an interactive map to show the proposed changes to Church of England dioceses in the north. Put your mouse over the dioceses in the north to see how each is affected. Wakefield, Ripon and Leeds and Bradford dioceses …

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A very interesting piece in this weekend’s Church of England Newspaper (online at Anglican Mainstream). By Adrian Hall, CEN THE GOVERNMENT’S Equality Bill fails to take sufficient account of religion and instead sees society as “a collection of individuals,” the …

Is the CofE preparing to take a stand on the Equality Bill? Read more »

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 …

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Wow. Who’d have thought it? A Church of England report says that Labour have effectively discriminated against Christianity and that in comparison, David Cameron’s Conservatives have a "genuine thirst to understand and combat poverty". More than this, "Despite many voices …

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