http://www.guardian.co.uk/
I found your front-page story (Church threatens new rift with government over gay marriage, 12 June) infuriating. As a retired Anglican vicar, I took the marriage of a number of people who were divorced with a clear conscience, knowing that there was a time not so long ago when it was impossible to be married in church once you had been divorced.
It should be perfectly possible for more enlightened parishes to celebrate gay marriages on the same basis, while accepting that other parishes and clergy feel that is a step too far. Although we did not get into the semantics, I was also privileged to bless the partnership of two women in a service recently, assisted by two Anglican lay readers who happened to be the parents of one of the women.
Diversity, democracy and the inevitable disagreeing on various issues are the names of the game for churches as it is for the rest of society. Nurture love is the essential requirement; so let us relax on sex andsexuality, get real and concentrate our justice energy on the much bigger issues of sharing wealth more equitably, abolishing poverty and helping our planet survive and thrive for future generations.
Rev David Charles-Edwards
Rugby, Warwickshire
Rev David Charles-Edwards
Rugby, Warwickshire
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