{"id":132185,"date":"2024-10-23T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132185"},"modified":"2024-10-23T18:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T22:29:52","slug":"church-times-opponents-and-supporters-of-prayers-for-same-sex-couples-lobby-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132185","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Opponents and supporters of prayers for same-sex couples lobby bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two Church of England pressure groups wrote to the House of Bishops<\/a> before its meeting this week to express hopes and expectations about the next steps in the Living in Love and Faith<\/a> (LLF) process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The groups\u2014Together for the Church of England, which campaigns for wider provision for LGBTQ<\/a> people in the Church, and the Alliance, which represents opponents of the proposed blessings of same-sex couples\u2014wrote the letters at the invitation of the House of Bishops, before there meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter from Together\u2019s chairs, Canon Neil Patterson and Professor Helen King, highlights that the Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF) for same-sex couples are being used. It describes this as a \u201csmall step towards redeeming the decades of exclusion and hurt felt by LGBTQ+ people from the Church of England\u201d, and welcomes a decision the General Synod\u2019<\/a>s decision in July to proceed with stand-alone services of blessing (News, 12 July<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

Two Church of England pressure groups wrote to the House of Bishops before its meeting this week to express hopes and expectations about the next steps in the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) processhttps:\/\/t.co\/FqMp48irSn<\/a><\/p>— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) October 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>