The London Letter
Changing Attitude today published the text of a letter that was referred to in a piece in the London Times. It was signed by 120 or so clergy (not all of whom are parish priests or full-time stipended clergy) and …
Category: Church of England
Osborne Report Published
Back in the 80s, before the publication of “Issues”, the Church of England commissioned a report on homosexuality. The so-called “Osborne Report” (named as such because it’s chair was the Rev June Osborne) was never formally published back then, but …
Jerome Taylor on the Jeffrey John Story
An interesting piece in today’s Independent which includes a story that lots of us knew about but no-one had published till today. The Church long ago decided there was essentially nothing to stop a gay man who lived a life …
Jeffrey John to Sue the Church?
This originally in the Sunday Times (behind a pay-wall) and now in the Mail on Sunday. A controversial gay dean has threatened to take the Church of England to court after he was blocked from becoming a bishop. The Very …
New Year, Old Posturing
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 …
What I Missed
While I was “away”, I missed the following. Colin Coward was forced to edit a blog post after I pointed out his claim that St Martin in the Fields conducted same-sex blessings and that Nick Holtam, now Bishop of Salisbury, …