Gay clergy may 'marry' in secret

[emad]

By Ruth Gledhill



Fears of an “inquisition” over gay marriage in the Church of England are growing after the latest comments by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Dr Williams, speaking in Egypt, said: “If it can be established that a priest seeking to register a civil partnership is in fact active in a sexual union, then that priest is liable to the discipline of the Church.”

Civil partnerships between homosexual couples will become legal in the UK from next month, and up to 400 Church of England clergy who are in gay partnerships are expected to formalise their unions.

Bishops will be challenged on their approach to civil partnerships at the General Synod, which begins at Church House, Westminster, tomorrow.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1871536,00.html

[sam sarrha]

1. the church cant Afford to kick them all out.. no replacements

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Does the C of E really want to open that can of Whoop-Ass?

The ass it whoops will be its own.

In "the twinkling of an eye", religious homophobia is going to seem like such a sin in itself that I wonder why there is still such resistance to the fact that God made Gays.

--p!