You will notice, and this is what Bishop Christopher and I were keen to point out in our earlier letter to the clergy, that a pastoral response of prayers is encouraged, where appropriate, to gay couples who may enquire about the possibility of some form of service. This would not be any fomal rite or liturgy but, as paragraph 22 of the Appendix states, a ”˜more informal kind of prayer, at the request of the couple, might be appropriate in the light of circumstances’. My own view is that this might be best done in the couple’s home.
Read it all and the earlier letter is linked here
I honestly thought this was an Onion article. Can you imagine going to a cocktail party and saying “Hi. I’m the Bishop of Dorking.”? The comeback possibilities are almost endless!