Civil Partners policy gets a drubbing

Ed: This one is worth reading for the summary of speakers, including a number in Civil Partnerships or who have lived in a sexual relationship with their partners before marriage. Note especially the contributions for CHELMSFORD.

A TENSE DEBATE on Wednesday afternoon focused on whether the Synod agreed with sharp criticism, expressed in a private member’s motion, of the Bishops’ Pastoral Statement on civil partnerships.

In the end, the amendment from the House of Bishops drew the sting, but it was itself amended so as to remove a section that described their statement as a “balanced and sensitive attempt to apply the Church’s teaching to civil partnerships”. Read more