Eighteen bishops met in Cape Town, South Africa from 2 to 5 May for the fourth Consultation of Anglican Bishops in Dialogue. Michael Ingham of New Westminster, Canada and James Tengatenga of Southern Malawi, both friends of Changing Attitude England, were present as well as bishops from South Africa, Burundi, Zambia, South Sudan, Ghana, Canada and [...]
Latest news on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
, May 10th, 2013 3 Comments
The Bill has been carried over to the 2013-14 session. The Bill is due to have its report stage and third reading on 20 and 21 May 2013. The Government Bill was presented to Parliament on 24 January 2013. It completed its committee stage on 12 March 2013 and had its second reading debate on [...]
Second Brenda Harrison Memorial Lecture
, May 8th, 2013 Be
Download the flyer here St Andrew’s Church Short Street, London, SE1 8LJ, UK (near Waterloo Station) 7.00pm, Friday 28th June 2013 Brenda Harrison 2nd Memorial Lecture What is She like? A contemplative activist reflects on the experience of God Speaker: Rev Colin Coward Who is Brenda Harrison? Brenda Harrison, who died in 2010 at the [...]
Province of West Indies bishops reject same-sex marriage
, April 30th, 2013 Be
The House of Bishops and Standing Committee of the Church in the Province of the West Indies meeting in Barbados issued a draft provincial statement on same-sex unions issued on Thursday 25 April 2013 firmly rejecting same-sex marriage and urging Caribbean Governments to resist attempts at compromise from outside the region. The statement said that [...]
Changing Attitude Ireland active in equal marriage campaign
, April 30th, 2013 2 Comments
The combined votes of the Democratic Unionist party and Ulster Unionist party in the Stormont Assembly helped defeat a Sinn Féin motion to create marriage equality for gay couples in Northern Ireland backed by the SDLP, Alliance and the Green party yesterday. The defeat of the proposed bill is likely to be challenged in both [...]
Religion and culture cannot justify discrimination against gays and lesbians, Ban warns
, April 16th, 2013 3 Comments
Pledging that “we must right these wrongs,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today denounced discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and declared that religion, culture and tradition can never be a justification for denying them their basic rights. “Governments have a legal duty to protect everyone,” he said in a video message to the [...]
Extending marriage to same-sex couples might be redemptive, says Charlotte Methuen
, April 12th, 2013 16 Comments
Charlotte Methuen, a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the Church of England, the body responsible for publishing the Man and Woman in Marriage document, has written an article Marriage: one man and one woman? for Our Kingdom, the open democracy web site. Charlotte is a lecturer in Ecclesiastical history at the University [...]
Bishop of Newcastle condemns African criminalization of homosexuality
, March 22nd, 2013 12 Comments
The Bishop of Newcastle, the Rt Revd Martin Wharton speaking in House of Lords debate has strongly condemned the criminalization of homosexuality in many countries. Bishop Martin said that on the issue of homosexuality the Anglican Communion was “deeply divided” but insisted there could not be “any grounds for denying the equality before the law [...]
Archbishop of Canterbury offers to meet Peter Tatchell
, March 21st, 2013 6 Comments
The Times reports today that Archbishop Justin Welby has responded to Peter Tatchell’s open letter published yesterday and has offered to meet him. Archbishop Welby sent an email in which he thanked him for his “very thoughful” letter, saying he would like to discuss it “without the mediation of the press” and offering to discuss [...]
Faith and Marriage: a Church of Ireland call for equality for same-sex couples
, March 20th, 2013 Be
Changing Attitude Ireland have just published their submission to the Irish Constitutional Convention. You can read the whole submission here (pdf download) but these are the main points: CAI strongly supports the extension of civil marriage to same-sex couples. The existing inequalities between civil partnership and civil marriage have a real world detrimental impact on [...]
