Church of England’s top woman: We’re driving people away on gay marriage
Vivienne Faull, the Dean of York, has said she would have no problem blessing same-sex unions – and has revealed she has done so in the past
By Joe Morgan
http://www.gaystarnews.com/
29 April 2014
The woman most hotly tipped to be the Church of England’s first woman bishop has issued a stark warning to elders over their stance against gay marriage.
Vivienne Faull, the Dean of York, has said she would have no problem blessing same-sex unions – and has revealed she has done so in the past.
She has encouraged bishops to relax their attitudes on same-sex marriage, fearing if they do not then it could ‘cost’ the Church of England dearly.
‘The blessing of a gay relationship is not theologically a problem for me personally, but I’m under the discipline of the Church and I keep the rules,’ she told Radio Times.
She has never formally blessed a gay partnership but has found ways of meeting the need for celebration within the Church’s rules.
‘When people have come to me in the past and said, “We’re looking for a way of celebrating our civil partnership, how shall we do it?” we’ve found ways of doing it.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Vivienne Faull, the Dean of York, has said she would have no problem blessing same-sex unions – and has revealed she has done so in the past
By Joe Morgan
http://www.gaystarnews.com/
29 April 2014
The woman most hotly tipped to be the Church of England’s first woman bishop has issued a stark warning to elders over their stance against gay marriage.Vivienne Faull, the Dean of York, has said she would have no problem blessing same-sex unions – and has revealed she has done so in the past.
She has encouraged bishops to relax their attitudes on same-sex marriage, fearing if they do not then it could ‘cost’ the Church of England dearly.
‘The blessing of a gay relationship is not theologically a problem for me personally, but I’m under the discipline of the Church and I keep the rules,’ she told Radio Times.
She has never formally blessed a gay partnership but has found ways of meeting the need for celebration within the Church’s rules.
‘When people have come to me in the past and said, “We’re looking for a way of celebrating our civil partnership, how shall we do it?” we’ve found ways of doing it.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
