(BBC) Govt should stop vicars in Same Sex Marriages being sacked by C of E, says Lord Fowler

The government should consider intervening to stop the Church of England sacking gay vicars who marry, a former Conservative chairman has said.

Lord Fowler raised the case in the House of Lords of Jeremy Pemberton, who had his licence to preach revoked after marrying his partner.

He called on the government to “see if there is anything that could be done to help reconcile the difficulties”.

Gay marriage is legal in the UK but the Church of England has not accepted it.

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