{"id":24356,"date":"2016-09-04T22:52:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T02:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24356"},"modified":"2016-09-04T22:56:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T02:56:45","slug":"married-homosexual-clergy-make-their-case-in-the-sunday-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/married-homosexual-clergy-make-their-case-in-the-sunday-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Married homosexual clergy make their case in the Sunday Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Church of England married homosexual clergy and laity have written a letter to the House of Bishops in support of <em>\u201cthe full inclusion of<\/em> <em>LGBTI people in the Church\u201d.<\/em> You can read the letter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglican.ink\/article\/letter-sunday-times-married-gay-clergy\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was also sent to the Sunday Times, making it more of a political machination than anything else, particularly coming hot on the heels of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/09\/02\/bishop-of-grantham-becomes-first-church-of-england-bishop-to-com\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> by the Bishop of Grantham that he is in a \u201cgay relationship\u201d, albeit a celibate one. What exactly <em>is<\/em> a celibate gay relationship? Two men who just cuddle in bed? I haven\u2019t seen it explained anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Also lacking an explanation is how the bisexual element mentioned in the letter is to experience \u201cfull inclusion\u201d since, for optimal satisfaction \u2013 and, let\u2019s face it, that\u2019s what this is all about \u2013 the Bs in the LGBTI huddle would need to marry two people, one of each sex.<\/p>\n<p>What I find most interesting in the letter is the list of signatories. It comprises 50% clergy and 50% laity. I\u2019m sure the overall ratio of clergy to laity is not one to one, so it seems apparent that the Anglican church has a disproportionate number of homosexual clergy in its otherwise rapidly shrinking ranks. The Anglican obsession with marrying people of the same sex is primarily one of clergy desperate to legitimise their unbiblical matrimonial arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Clergy<br \/>\nThe Revd Andrew Foreshew-Cain and Stephen Foreshew-Cain<br \/>\nThe Revd Richard Harris and Ricardo Goncalves.<br \/>\nThe Revd Garry Lawson and Timothy H. Wane<br \/>\nThe Revd Clive Larson and John Markham<br \/>\nThe Revd Paul Collier and Mr Collier<br \/>\nThe Revd Canon Jeremy Davis and Simon McEnery<br \/>\nThe Revd Geoffrey Thompson and Tony Steeles<br \/>\nThe Revd Prof Mark Cobb and Keith Arrowsmith<br \/>\nLaity<br \/>\nJeremy Timm &amp; Mike Brown<br \/>\nRuth Wilde &amp; Ellie Wilde<br \/>\nJack Semple and Ross Griffiths<br \/>\nPaul Jellings and Andrew Carter<br \/>\nErica Baker and Susan Strong<br \/>\nKaren and Samantha Bregazzi-Jones<br \/>\nKeith Barber and Tim Mills<br \/>\nSimon Dawson and David Mooney<br \/>\nIn addition a further seven clergy couples and Readers have indicated their support for this letter whilst wishing to remain anonymous in order to protect themselves, and often their Bishops, from attack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Church of England married homosexual clergy and laity have written a letter to the House of Bishops in support of \u201cthe full inclusion of LGBTI people in the Church\u201d. You can read the letter here. 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