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WESTMINSTER ,  – Anglican bishops who sit in the House of Lords and oppose the same-sex “marriage” bill were put under pressure to keep away from the vote on the bill yesterday. John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor of the Daily Telegraph ,  reported  that “senior officials” of the government had “personally urged bishops to stay away from this week’s vote.”  Bingham explains that there were fears that a large bloc of Christian clergy – 26 bishops are entitled to sit in the House of Lords – voting against the “gay marriage” bill could have an impact on the future of their presence in the House, and even re-open the question of disestablishment of the Church of England . The bishops were reportedly told that the current bill is the “best they can hope for”. The House of Lords Fears that the bill might be defeated with the help of the bishops were unfounded. The bill  passed overwhelmingly  in its first vote, 390 – 148 in favor.  Prior to ...

ROME, March 21, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – On the day of his enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury , Justin Welby has sent an “olive branch” message to one of the UK’s leading homosexual campaigners, Peter Tatchell , inviting him to discuss “gay marriage.” Welby is said to be still “thinking through” his position on the government’s proposed redefinition of marriage . While they supported homosexual civil unions, the Church of England has  formally opposed  the government’s plans to rewrite the marriage law, though the position of many of its bishops and clergy remains ambivalent. Welby’s invitation to Tatchell comes in response to  an open letter  from the gay campaigner in which he accused Welby of “homophobia” for his opposition to changing the law. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali . “You claim that you are not homophobic but a person who opposes legal equality for LGBT people is homophobic – in the same way that a person who opposes equal rights for bl...