CofE must find a way forward on same sex marriage or MPs may intervene
from Religion Media Centre:
Sir Tony Baldry, former Conservative MP and second church estates commissioner, has offered a solution to the Church of England’s impasse over same sex marriage, due to come to a vote at the February General Synod. Writing in The Times, he suggested the same principle governing marriage of divorcees should apply to same sex marriage, where a priest has discretion as to whether to marry the couple or not. He said the CofE is stuck with polarising views on the subject and this is a serious impairment to its mission, “with many younger people thinking its judgment here is weird at best or downright homophobic”. He had little doubt that if the CofE could not find a way forward, “MPs will soon feel the need to intervene to change the law”.
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