Heated debate in Anglican Church about entering into same-sex unions in churches

While the Primate of the Anglican faith after the proposed changes to the British law, which entered into by same-sex civil partnerships prohibits been in church premises, will not allow gay marriages in church premises, other high church officials speak well of a church wedding.

In the view of the Primate of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, it should also be no future weddings of homosexual couples in Anglican churches. This is the Primate at a meeting with parliamentary deputies that have already been notified. The Anglican Church would not bow to 'a state printing'. The British government will in future also known homosexual partnerships concluded in church buildings, allow. So far, the entering into of this was only allowed in government buildings. Thus, the UK wants to eliminate the last difference between traditional marriage and same-sex civil partnership (as reported here).

As the Primate made clear now, the Church of England hot while homosexuals allow welcome and their clergy to enter into a same-sex partnership, a wedding in the Anglican church was not being considered: "We will not allow the Church's teaching on Christian marriage be weakened. Not even if the British Government wanted this, "said the Primate. Nevertheless, within the Anglican Church is a lively discussion on the proposed amendment has been created. Other senior clerics advocate that is quite a close same-sex unions in churches, because "for a discrimination had no place within the Anglican Church '.

The Church of England is about 25 million believers worldwide with the largest Anglican church. It is about 45% of the population, the largest church community of the United Kingdom.

Source: Gaywien.at