Church of England bishops refuse to allow same-sex marriages



[1/2] Demonstrators protesting closer to a gay marriage bill preserve placards outside of the Houses of Parliament in London June three, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

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LONDON, Jan 18 () - The Church of England will refuse to permit equal-sex couples to get married in its churches underneath proposals set out on Wednesday wherein the centuries-antique agency stated it would stick to its teaching that marriage is between a person and a woman.

The proposals had been advanced via bishops, who shape certainly one of three additives of the Church's governing body called the General Synod, after the Church of England's six-yr consultation on sexuality and marriage - amongst one-of-a-kind subjects - and might be placed to the General Synod at a meeting next month.

The Church of England is treasured to the broader Anglican communion, which represents extra than 80 five million humans in over 165 international locations.

"Same-sex couples might although not be able to get married in a Church of England church," the declaration said, confirming a BBC file in a unmarried day that bishops had refused to guide a change in training to allow monks to marry gay couples.

Under the proposals, same-intercourse couples may additionally need to have a provider in which there is probably "prayers of willpower, thanksgiving or for God's blessing at the couple" in church after a civil marriage. Gay marriage turn out to be legalised in Britain in 2013.

Still, the prayers will be voluntary for clergy to use and may be used in combos "reflecting the theological range of the Church", the Church of England said, implying religious leaders may additionally need to choose now not to offer such advantages.

"I am beneath no illusions that what we are presenting today will appear to transport too a ways for a few and now not almost a long way enough for others, however it's far my wish that what we have agreed might be obtained in a spirit of generosity, searching out the not unusual acceptable," said Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Separately, Church of England bishops will be issuing an apology later this week to LGBTQI+ human beings for the "rejection, exclusion and hostility" they have got faced in church homes, in line with the statement.

The Church of England, which changed into primarily based in 1534, has been divided for years on the manner to address same-intercourse marriages, with lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists preventing for the equal rights as heterosexual Christians.

Seeking to deal with the contentious issue, Welby called at the bishops remaining one year to "abound in love for all", at the same time as he subsidized the validity of a selection passed in 1998 that rejected "homosexual exercising as incompatible with Scripture".

(This tale has been refiled to restore a typographical mistakes in paragraph 5)

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