The Archbishop of Canterbury's speech in the House of Lords debate
The Archbishop of Canterbury's speech in the House of Lords debate
Welby says he cannot support the Bill for same sex marriage
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/todays-lords-debates/read/unknown/115/
June 3, 2013
My Lords, the initial proposals published at the end of the autumn have needed much work to get them into today's form. Much of that work has been done through detailed legal effort and discussion. I am deeply grateful to the DCMS teams and especially to the Secretary of State for the thoughtful way in which she has listened and the degree to which she has been willing to make changes in order to arrive at the stage we have reached today.
We all know, and it has been said, that this is a divisive issue. In general, the majority of faith groups remain very strongly against the Bill, and have expressed that view in a large number of public statements. The House of Bishops of the Church of England has also expressed a very clear majority view-although not unanimous, as has been seen by the strong and welcome contribution by the Bishop of Salisbury.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Welby says he cannot support the Bill for same sex marriage
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/lords/todays-lords-debates/read/unknown/115/
June 3, 2013
My Lords, the initial proposals published at the end of the autumn have needed much work to get them into today's form. Much of that work has been done through detailed legal effort and discussion. I am deeply grateful to the DCMS teams and especially to the Secretary of State for the thoughtful way in which she has listened and the degree to which she has been willing to make changes in order to arrive at the stage we have reached today.We all know, and it has been said, that this is a divisive issue. In general, the majority of faith groups remain very strongly against the Bill, and have expressed that view in a large number of public statements. The House of Bishops of the Church of England has also expressed a very clear majority view-although not unanimous, as has been seen by the strong and welcome contribution by the Bishop of Salisbury.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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