Church of England is split over US plan to remove ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ from marriage service to make it more gay-friendly
by Rod Ardehali, Mailonline:
The Church of England is split of US plans to remove ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ from its marriage service in favour of gender neutral pronouns, in a bid to make it more gay-friendly.
Attempts by the Episcopal Church (TEC) – considered a more liberal wing of the faith – to change its service to a more modern version has come under intense criticism.
Among the plans for change are to remove the word ‘procreation’ and, optionally, ‘husband’ and ‘wife’, with the introduction of the gender neutral term ‘spouse’.The move towards a more gay-friendly version of the service was criticised in a letter from the Church of England’s Secretary General William Nye last year.
In the letter, which emerged in April, Mr Nye suggested the church would split from its US wing – a fellow member of the worldwide Anglican Communion – if it follows through with plans to introduce a new, liberal service as standard ahead of the present Book of Common Prayer version.
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