{"id":141898,"date":"2025-12-15T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141898"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:30:07","slug":"church-times-temperature-rises-ahead-of-bishops-formal-vote-to-put-the-brakes-on-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141898","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Temperature rises ahead of Bishops\u2019 formal vote to put the brakes on same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;Where among our bishops, are those with the courage to act from love?\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/bristol-cathedral\">Dean of Bristol<\/a>, the Very Revd Mandy Ford, asked on Sunday, as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/house-of-bishops\">House of Bishops<\/a>\u00a0prepares to finalise decisions on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/living-in-love-and-faith\">Living in Love and Faith<\/a>\u00a0(LLF) process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She joined the Dean of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/st-edmundsbury-cathedral\">St Edmundsbury<\/a>, the Very Revd Joe Hawes, who \u2014 alongside organisations campaigning for greater inclusivity for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/lgbtsexuality\">LGBTQ+<\/a>&nbsp;people \u2014 last week called on the Bishops to change their minds (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2025\/12-december\/news\/uk\/pressure-grows-for-genuine-inclusion-of-lgbtqplus-people-in-church-of-england\">News, 11 December<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the Bishops are due to confirm decisions announced in October, which would effectively forestall the introduction of stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples and maintain the current ban on clergy entering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/same-sex-marriage\">same-sex civil marriages<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2025\/17-october\/news\/uk\/further-synodical-approval-is-needed-for-same-sex-blessings-house-of-bishops-says\">News, 17 October<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2025\/19-december\/news\/uk\/temperature-rises-ahead-of-bishops-formal-vote-to-put-the-brakes-on-same-sex-marriage\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Temperature rises ahead of Bishops\u2019 formal vote to put the brakes on same-sex marriage <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wjh3LQN2up\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wjh3LQN2up<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Simon Sarmiento (@simonsarmiento) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonsarmiento\/status\/2000690729715126300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0&#8220;Where among our bishops, are those with the courage to act from love?\u201d the\u00a0Dean of Bristol, the Very Revd Mandy Ford, asked on Sunday, as the\u00a0House of Bishops\u00a0prepares to finalise decisions on the\u00a0Living in Love and Faith\u00a0(LLF) process. 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