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LGBT clergy

May 24, 2016

Church of Scotland says yes to same-sex married ministers

The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly has agreed that ministers and deacons can marry members of the same gender.
May 16, 2016

LGBTQI clergy write 'love letter' to United Methodist Church

A 'love letter' from 123 LGBTQI clergy and candidates to the United Methodist Church in the US was released on 9 May 2016.
January 21, 2016

Church of Scotland debate ministers and same sex marriage

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is to debate whether congregations should be allowed to consider calling a person in a same-sex marriage as a minister or deacon.
December 13, 2015

Church of England seesaws on LGBT inclusion

Church of England leaders have signalled both welcome and rejection to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, their families and friends in the same week.
November 5, 2015

A wedding, a tribunal and two contrasting cultures

Jeremy Pemberton, a hospital chaplain, has lost an employment tribunal case against the Church of England.
October 8, 2014

Archbishop of York challenged over discrimination against married gay chaplain

Protesters at Southwell Minster have criticised Archbishop of York John Sentamu for discriminating against married gay chaplain Jeremy Pemberton. This meant that he could not take up a job at a local NHS trust.
July 10, 2014

Licence refused to married gay hospital chaplain

A Church of England bishop has refused a licence to Jeremy Pemberton, a hospital chaplain, because he married his partner Laurence Cunnington. This may prevent him from taking up a new job closer to his home. This has further strained church’s leaders’ already tense relationship with those seeking greater inclusion.
July 3, 2014

LGBT Methodists may marry, Conference agrees

Clergy and laypersons should not get into trouble for marrying their same-sex partners, the Methodist Church in Britain agreed. For the time being, only opposite-sex couples will be allowed to marry in church. But a two-year period of study and discussion will examine whether this should change.
June 23, 2014

Punishing married gay clergy is Church of England own goal

A Church of England bishop has severely disciplined a priest for marrying his same-sex partner, while a gay vicar in another diocese has also got married.
March 11, 2014

Church of England faction urges punishment of partnered parishioners

A group opposed to inclusion has praised Church of England bishops for being negative towards clergy wanting to marry same-sex partners, and urged them to go further. The Evangelical Group of the General Synod (EGGS) committee wants laypeople in same-sex relationships to be disciplined too.