{"id":57447,"date":"2017-02-16T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bbc_church_of_england_votes_against_h_of_bps_marriagesame-sex_relationships\/"},"modified":"2017-02-16T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:15:19","slug":"bbc_church_of_england_votes_against_h_of_bps_marriagesame-sex_relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=57447","title":{"rendered":"(BBC) Church of England votes against H of Bps marriage+same-sex relationships report"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no easy way to dress up what has been an embarrassing night for the senior leadership of the Church of England.
\nAfter three years of so-called shared conversations costing the church more than \u00c2\u00a3300,000, General Synod has chosen not to take note of the Bishops report.
\nIt was neither the Bishops nor ordinary members of the church (the laity) who chose to reject the report. It was the vicars, rectors and priests that decided they could not continue with the current prohibition on blessing or marrying same sex couples in church.
\nFor lesbian and gay Christians, there is widespread rejoicing. But conservative evangelicals are dismayed, the vote confirming what they say is their worst fear that the authority Scripture is no longer the rule of faith and practice.<\/p>\n

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There is no easy way to dress up what has been an embarrassing night for the senior leadership of the Church of England. After three years of so-called shared conversations costing the church more than \u00c2\u00a3300,000, General Synod has chosen…<\/span><\/p>\n

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