Gay marriage will change the Church of England forever [View all]

Damian Thompson

The first British gay weddings today face the Church of England with a perfectly simple question to which it can only reply with embarrassed throat-clearing. Do we go along with this or not?

David Cameron's promise to safeguard the established Church from same-sex ceremonies rings pretty hollow when you read a story like this one, from our religious affairs editor John Bingham:

Gay clergy should follow their conscience and defy the Church of England’s restrictions on same-sex marriage, a prominent bishop has said as the
most radical change ever made to the legal definition of marriage in Britain comes into force.

The Rt Rev Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Buckingham, said priests should be “creative” to get around restrictions on blessings for same-sex couples
and that gay clergy who wish to marry should do so in defiance of the official line.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100265463/gay-marriage-will-change-the-church-of-england-forever/


I hope it changes the Church forever.