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Archbishop of Wales: We ‘have evolved’ from the Bible’s teaching on divorce, why not gay ‘marriage’?

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LLANDUDNO, Wales ,  – The Anglican Church ’s “views have evolved and changed” on the nature of marriage “a subject which Jesus pronounced very clearly,” the head of the Anglican Church in Wales said this week; therefore, it can also change its teaching on homosexuality. In  an address  to the governing body of the Church in Wales, Dr. Barry Morgan, the Anglican Archbishop of Wales warned of the danger of the Anglican Churches being “seen as homophobic.” Morgan said that the Church’s views “evolve and change” as it responds to the changes in the secular world. Abp. Barry Morgan of Wales “The State allowed the possibility of divorce and remarriage for a long time before we did as a Church. Not only do we now bless such unions, we actually remarry divorced people in our churches,” he said. “Some people have changed their minds for example on women’s ministry and same-sex relationships when they have experienced the ministry of a woman priest in the one case...

Catholic schools must give ‘balanced perspective’ on gay ‘marriage’: Welsh education minister

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An  anti-Christian  lobby group is cheering the  Welsh government  this week, after the education minister threatened  Catholic Schools  for having asked students to oppose the government’s gay “marriage” plans. Catholic schools in Wales have been instructed in  a letter  from Welsh education minister  Leighton Andrews  to ensure that on the subject of same-sex “marriage,” students are “made aware of the converse view in order to give them a balanced perspective.” Education Minister Leighton Andrews At issue is a letter sent by the Catholic Education Society ( CES ) to 385 secondary schools in  England and Wales  alerting students to a letter from bishops opposing the  redefinition of marriage  to include homosexual partnerings. Students and staff were asked to consider signing a petition being circulated by the Coalition for Marriage, to maintain the traditional definition in the law. The bishops’...