from Anglican Futures
Many, many words have already been written about Professor Helen King’s Private Member’s Motion that is due to be debated at the Church of England’s General Synod on July 13th. This blog offers three warnings and two suggestions as to how the threat the understanding of discipleship might be handled.
The motion is simple, but as Rev Dr Andrew Goddard, Senior Research Fellow of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, says,“slippery”:
“That this Synod affirm that there are no fundamental objections to being in a committed, faithful, intimate same-sex relationship, and that such a relationship can be entirely compatible with Christian discipleship.”
1) “There are no fundamental objections to…”
Dr Martin Davie, a former theological advisor to the House of Bishops, has warned that this reflects the wording of a motion passed by General Synod in 1975 – “That this Synod considers that there are no fundamental objections to the ordination of women to the priesthood.”