{"id":45911,"date":"2014-09-17T16:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T16:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/tel-_one_c_of_e_rector_faces_backlash_in_pews_over_same-sex_wedding_plans\/"},"modified":"2014-09-17T16:15:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T16:15:36","slug":"tel-_one_c_of_e_rector_faces_backlash_in_pews_over_same-sex_wedding_plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=45911","title":{"rendered":"(Tel.) One C of E rector faces backlash in pews over same-sex \u201d\u02dcwedding\u2019 plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> An Anglican clergyman is facing opposition from parishioners over a service in his local church to bless his same-sex civil partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev Dominic McClean, the Rector of 13 parishes around the village of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, invited parishioners to the special service this weekend to mark his civil union with his partner, Tony Hodges.<\/p>\n<p>The service, taking place in the 14th Century St Peter\u2019s Church in Market Bosworth on Saturday next week was given a go-ahead by the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Rev Tim Stevens, who led the Church of England\u2019s opposition in the House of Lords to the legalisation of same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/11099407\/Gay-rector-faces-backlash-in-pews-over-wedding-plans.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Anglican clergyman is facing opposition from parishioners over a service in his local church to bless his same-sex civil partnership. The Rev Dominic McClean, the Rector of 13 parishes around the village of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, invited parishioners<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=45911\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,50,576,74,175,389,199,168,114,98,108,514,112,79,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-civil-unions-partnerships","category-anglican-provinces","category-anthropology","category-church-of-england-coe","category-england-uk","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-law-legal-issues","category-marriage-family","category-religion-culture","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}