Church of England

Mpho Tutu van Furth’s wife is speaking out about the injustice.

“Sexual relationships outside heterosexual marriage are regarded as falling short of God’s purposes for human beings.”

And, he says, the “Crown of England and Parliament” are in on the scheme to use LGBTQ rights as the weapon to make it happen.

They claim the Christian school is violating their Christian religious beliefs.

His cancer diagnosis and the support he received from gay parishioners made him rethink his previous opposition to same-sex marriage.

Clergy members voted against a report because it maintained opposition to same-sex marriage, while others thought it wasn’t homophobic enough.

Responding to a study from the church, they say “while the pain of LGBT people is spoken about in your report, we do not hear its authentic voice.”

Oasis Foundation is out with a report highlighting how Christian churches cause “anguish for far too many people who are lesbian, gay or bisexual.”

The Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury said even though Catholics oppose marriage equality, their effort to unify their churches is “undeterred.”

A dozen parishes met this week to consider splitting from the church and forming a new conservative “shadow synod.”

Officials from the Church of England are bracing for a split after next week’s summit to discuss the issue of homosexuality.

LONDON — More than 300 Anglican priests, parishioners and other Christians have signed an open “love letter” to bishops in the Church of England who are secretly gay urging them to “come out” about their sexual orientation.

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, spiritual heads of the worldwide Anglican Communion, have called upon Church leaders and the presidents of Nigeria and Uganda to support and care for all people “regardless of sexual orientation.”

LONDON – Being gay can be given up similar to smoking or drugs, claims a U.K. reverend who also alleges that the British police force is being “manipulated by homosexuals.”

LONDON — The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced a campaign to stamp out anti-gay bullying in Church of England schools, acknowledging that attitudes toward sexuality have changed.

LONDON — The Church of England on Wednesday signaled it would no longer fight against the government’s plans to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

LONDON — The new archbishop of Canterbury was formally enthroned Thursday — and questions about the Church of England’s opposition to same-sex marriage greeted his promotion.

The Church of England announced Friday it has lifted a ban on gay male clergy who live with their partners from becoming bishops, on the condition that they remain sexually abstinent.