same-sex relationships

In 2017 fourteen retired bishops voiced concern over the same sex relationships report

In 2017 fourteen retired bishops voiced concern over the same sex relationships report

In advance of the Synod debate in February 2017 fourteen retired bishops took the unprecedented step of intervening in the Church of England’s controversial debate over Same Sex Marriage. They said that the 2017 report would only have integrity if it honoured “the assurance that the voices of those who participated would not be drowned out by the ‘majority view’ or ‘established position’”. Do I think that at the end of the Living Love and Faith process, LGBTIQ+ voices will have been authentically heard and not drowned out by ‘the majority view’ or ‘established position’? No.

Anticipating Wednesday’s debate – time to focus our energy

Anticipating Wednesday’s debate – time to focus our energy

I am wondering what the outcome of Wednesday’s take note debate on the House of Bishops’ report is going to be. I’m not thinking so much about the result of the vote and whether or not a majority in at least one of the other two houses vote to refuse to take note. I’m wondering whether a change of direction is possible. I’m going to be present outside Church House on Wednesday. I hope I am going to be amongst a host of friends. Together we can make this a day of transformation, both those on General Synod who will speak in the debate and vote at the end, holding an open, positive, creative energy of the deepest hope and trust, and we who will gather outside, bringing our energy into alignment with theirs.