{"id":15620,"date":"2012-02-08T17:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T22:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15620"},"modified":"2012-02-08T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T22:21:53","slug":"some-think-many-church-of-england-parishes-would-collapse-without-gay-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/some-think-many-church-of-england-parishes-would-collapse-without-gay-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Some think many Church of England parishes would collapse without gay clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since many Church of England parishes are collapsing anyway, perhaps it\u2019s the presence<\/em> of gay clergy that is hastening their demise.<\/p>\n

If the seemingly extravagant \u201c1,500 gay, bi or trans clergy\u201d number mentioned in this article<\/a> is accurate, it means that Anglicanism in the UK is following in the footsteps of its North American cousin \u2013 wilfully flushing itself down the toilet of gender bending irrelevance into oblivion’s cesspool.<\/p>\n

With what sensitive, discerning yet piperitious aphorism should one greet this news? “Good riddance” comes to mind.<\/p>\n

A coalition supporting the gay and transgender members of the Anglican church is pressing for it to recognise the contribution made by those clergy without whom, it says, some parishes \u201cwould face utter collapse\u201d.<\/p>\n

The group advocates lifting the ban on bishops in civil partnerships and allowing priests free choice on whether to conduct such ceremonies in their churches, an issue currently being considered by a review group in the church\u2019s House of Bishops.<\/p>\n

Reverend Benny Hazlehurst, Chair of the LGBT Anglican Coalition, told PinkNews.co.uk the group would be handing out flyers outside the General Synod at a Silent Act of Witness tomorrow ahead of its meeting with the review group this month.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIf all the LGB&T Clergy were to leave the Church of England, parochial and sector ministry in the Church of England would suffer major trauma, and the parish system in some parts of the country would face utter collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rev Hazlehurst said the group estimated there are over 1,500 gay, bi or trans clergy in the country and the LGBT Anglican Coalition was advocating more recognition of these members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Since many Church of England parishes are collapsing anyway, perhaps it\u2019s the presence of gay clergy that is hastening their demise. If the seemingly extravagant \u201c1,500 gay, bi or trans clergy\u201d number mentioned in this article is accurate, it means … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[2089],"class_list":["post-15620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homosexual-priests","tag-church-of-england"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}