Church of England lambasts gay ‘marriage’ legislation as ‘deeply unwise,’ ‘divisive’
LONDON, June 12, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - In its submission to the government consultation on same-sex “marriage,” the Church of England stated it cannot support the proposal. The submission, sent to Home Secretary , Theresa May , with a letter signed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, called the same-sex “marriage” proposal “divisive”, “essentially ideological” and “deeply unwise.” “To change the nature of marriage for everyone will be divisive and deliver no obvious legal gains given the rights already conferred by civil partnerships,” wrote the prelates of the Church of England. “We also believe that imposing for essentially ideological reasons a new meaning on a term as familiar and fundamental as marriage would be deeply unwise.” The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Dr. Rowan Williams and John Sentamu The Church’s document pointed out that the government’s consultation paper, titled “Equal Civil Marriage,” wrongly implies that there are two categories ...