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Britain |
Gay Anglican priests "marry" |
2006-08-02 |
![]() Jeffrey John, dean of St Albans, entered into the civil partnership with Grant Hollings, a Church of England chaplain, in a ceremony at a register office in southern England last week, the activists told Reuters. Britain introduced the partnerships for same-sex couples last December, with the same legal rights as heterosexual marriage. They are widely referred to as "gay marriages" although the law does not call them that. John and Hollings have been together for many years and say their relationship is celibate. Under Church of England rules, clergy are allowed to declare themselves gay and enter a civil partnership, as long as they disavow practising gay sex. |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 Whahahahahahaha..... a classic indeed. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-02 14:08 |
#9 Angie, that was the Golden Age of Art Deco. Love to poster. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-08-02 14:08 |
#8 I just want to point out to the mods that, sooner or later, they're going to need this pic. Fred can modify it to the original title of the play, The Gay Divorce. The Hays Office insisted on a name change, since they didn't want it implied that a divorce could be gay. Divorcees, though, could let it all hang out. Terrific sets in that movie. It's one of those movies which makes it look as if the world was all set to step from the 1930s right into today, but then Hitler intervened and we didn't get around to the bright shiny future until some time in the Seventies. |
Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-08-02 14:04 |
#7 Very well stated, mcsgeek! I, for one, am one of those "dinosaurs" too. Of course, it's all for power, money or politics for those pushing these agendas on the Church. |
Posted by: BA 2006-08-02 12:39 |
#6 There is no 'furor' over homosexuality in the church. The church is made up of believers. (You know, those backward, ignorant Dinosaurs like me who actually believe God meant what He said and said what he meant in the Bible.) There is a furor, however, among religious people and church-goers. These folks may be many things, but they are not now, nor have they ever been, believers. As such, they are by definition, not the church. |
Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-02 11:36 |
#5 African Anglican union leaving the "flock" in 4, 3, 2.... |
Posted by: BA 2006-08-02 10:23 |
#4 This should really fill those pews! |
Posted by: Dreadnought 2006-08-02 10:17 |
#3 HOLY BUTT BUDDIES BATMAN!!!!! |
Posted by: ARMYGUY 2006-08-02 08:48 |
#2 It ain't so. |
Posted by: Fred 2006-08-02 07:34 |
#1 Marriage without sex? say it ain't so! |
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-08-02 02:06 |