Gay Anglican Ministers Defy Church's Biblical Doctrine by Revealing They Are in Same-Sex Marriages
Nearly a dozen ministers within the Church of England are expected to reveal in a letter that they are gay and have married their same-sex partners despite the Church's biblical opposition to gay marriage. The Guardian reported on Sunday that the letter from the clergy to the Church will ask for permission to carry out blessings for people entering gay marriages. "Our marriages are legal, celebrated and widely accepted in society," said Andrew Foreshew-Cain, one of the first priests to defy the CofE's ban on gay marriage. "Yet the Church of England behaves as if they are somehow dirty and imposes penalties on clergy and refuses to acknowledge the marriages of those who wish to make lifelong faithful commitments." The 80-million strong Anglican Communion took a stand in support of traditional marriage between one man and one woman back in January, when a major meeting of Anglican primates hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury decided to suspend the Episc