{"id":21748,"date":"2014-07-11T14:29:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T18:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=21748"},"modified":"2014-07-11T14:29:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T18:29:52","slug":"anglican-vicar-marries-an-atheist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-vicar-marries-an-atheist\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican vicar marries an atheist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally you would think that 2 Corinthians 6:14 (do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers) might be a consideration for a Christian (yes, I know he\u2019s a vicar, but we\u2019ll give him the benefit of the doubt) getting hitched but, in this case, Rev Andrew Cain is marrying another man, so 2 Corinthians 6:14 is the least of his worries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-21749\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/priest_2837639b.jpg\" alt=\"priest_2837639b\" width=\"179\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/priest_2837639b.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/priest_2837639b-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/priest_2837639b-320x300.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-28256183\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Vicar marries atheist in same-sex wedding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rev Andrew Cain has defied Church of England rules banning its clergy from marrying same-sex partners.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of only two vicars to have had a same-sex wedding since the law allowing gay men and lesbians to marry came into force in England and Wales in March this year.<\/p>\n<p>Rev Cain told Jeremy Vine that he found the service &#8220;surprisingly moving&#8221; and the day was &#8220;very special&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally you would think that 2 Corinthians 6:14 (do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers) might be a consideration for a Christian (yes, I know he\u2019s a vicar, but we\u2019ll give him the benefit of the doubt) getting hitched but, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-vicar-marries-an-atheist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[2089,1839,1390],"class_list":["post-21748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england","tag-church-of-england","tag-rev-andrew-cain","tag-same-sex-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748","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=21748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}