Little support for blessing gay ‘marriages’

CHURCH of England ministers have stopped short of supporting the pledge by the Vicar of Bolton, Canon Michael Williams, to bless gay "marriages".

Canon Williams said there was a place for gay people in the Church, after protests from some Christian groups against new laws banning discrimination against homosexuals. He said many of his colleagues shared his views.

But while some ministers talked about extending God's love to couples in same-sex relationships, no-one said they were prepared to bless such a civil partnership.

The Rev Michael Taylor, team leader at St Paul, St Matthew and St Thomas' Church, Halliwell, said: "Heterosexual marriage is God's intention for all of us and should be the norm. Read more