Ireland’s Indaba
News from the Church of Ireland that the events of the summer with the entering into a Civil Partnership of the Very Rev Tom Gordon, Dean of Leighlin Cathedral, are moving to the middle game. The Very Rev Tom Gordon’s …
Tag: Same Sex Couples
Regarding Same-Sex Marriage – An Essay
The more observant of you will have noticed that at the Liberal Democrat Conference this weekend it was announced that the Government intends to move forward with its plans to permit same-sex couples to marry. A number of good articles …
San Joaquin produces muddled theology
Do you remember back in May when the Presbyterian Church in the States changed it’s Book of Order and inadvertently completely undermined it’s sexual ethic? Do you see what has happened? This isn’t about the permission of GLBT ordination and …
Scottish EHRC Proposes Same-Sex Marriage
The Scottish EHRC has issued a paper arguing in favour of marriage equality in Scotland. The full document was produced after a symposium chaired by Cambium Advocacy, a campaign consultancy. It is Cambium Advocacy who wrote the paper, not the …
Official Government Statement on Civil Partnerships
Here it is. NEW PUSH FOR LGB AND T EQUALITY WILL ALLOW CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS IN RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS As part of its commitment to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB and T) people, the government will today announce …
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Humiliation?
Ekklesia have an interesting story in relation to the ongoing campaign for marriage equality. A lesbian couple have been refused the right to hold a civil marriage at Petersfield Register Office in Hampshire. But unlike other couples who have attempted …