The Church of England, however, has voiced its opposition. Senior Anglican officials have said the Church is unlikely to host civil partnerships, which would include religious readings and hymns under the plan.
Some critics fear the reforms could pave the way for legal challenges that would force vicars to conduct homosexual “wedding” ceremonies against their will.
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, told BBC One’s Andrew Marr show: “I live in a liberal democracy and I want equality for everybody. I cannot say the Quakers shouldn’t do it.
“Nor do I want somebody to tell me the Church of England must do it or the Roman Catholic Church must do it because actually that is not what equality is about.”
Get real here.
A Church that has ‘gay’ priests and has granted spousal benefits for same-sex partners has absolutely no moral grounds to forbid same-sex unions in its churches. The CoE, like the Episcopal Church/USA and Anglican Church of Canada, has taken down, moved, obscured and distorted the road signs of the Gospel, the Way of Love, Truth and Life given in Scripture and is leading people into perdition and away from the saving and transforming love, word and power of Jesus Christ.
A decadent and degenerate church in a decadent and degenerate land.