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A UK gay charity, the Pink triangle Trust, has welcomed HM Queen Elizabeth II’s recognition that people don’t need faith in order to lead moral lives and to contribute positively to society.
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It’s never been easy being gay – especially gay and religious. It’s got better in some countries – and in my own, the UK, it’s almost cool, and there are laws to protect homosexuals against discrimination.
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Gay bishops are OK. That seems to be the message from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who heads the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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A clergyman in the UK has been passed over for a bishop’s post because he’s gay. It’s emerged that Jeffrey John’s rejection comes after secret talks among senior churchmen, who fear a further split in the Anglican Communion.
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A leading consultant with Anglican Mainstream, the Church of England’s conservative and traditionalist wing, has called for a boycott of the UK’s Christian version of Woodstock, the mega Greenbelt arts festival, which takes place in August.
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The Church of England is worried that religious broadcasting by the BBC will suffer, as the corporation is in danger of “losing sight of its essence – the DNA that makes it an enduring part of national culture”.
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Senior members of a church in Northern England have decided that a Tai Chi class may no longer be held in the church hall because the martial art is closely connected to Taoism, a religion that originates in Eastern Asia.
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Anglican bishops in Britain are being urged to take a leading role in reforming the country’s upper legislative chamber, the House of Lords.
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Britain’s upper legislative chamber, the House of Lords, has voted to allow the use of religious premises and religious language in same-sex partnership ceremonies.
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The Church of England’s rule-making body's decision to extend pension rights beyond the legal minimum for same-sex partners has been welcomed.
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The Church of England and the National Trust are among organisations telling the government that it is putting community solar power schemes at risk.
The cost of a Church of England wedding is rising after church members voted to put up the fee for getting married from £296 to £415.
The Anglican Covenant - aimed at maintaining unity in the worldwide Anglican Communion - is rejected by Church of England dioceses.
Two retired Church of England priests are arrested in the Eastbourne area on suspicion of sexually abusing children and young men.
Roman Catholics in England and Wales are being urged to stop same-sex marriages in a letter from senior archbishops being read in 2,500 parish churches.
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