Church of England To Allow Church Blessings For Gay Couples

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York yesterday published the
Report of the House of Bishops Working Group on Human Sexuality.
And according to it, gay couples should be allowed to have their
relationships blessed in church.
DailyMail reports that the report, written by former civil servant Sir
Joseph Pilling and a team of senior churchmen and women, was
published seven months after the Church first indicated it is looking
at ‘accommodations’ for same-sex couples and four months after the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, told
Church leaders that ‘we must accept there is a revolution in the area
of sexuality.’

Recommendations: The report was put together by former civil
servant Sir Joseph Pelling, pictured

It signals an end to the Church’s longstanding insistence that gay
relationships are sinful and less worthy than heterosexual marriage.
And may now open the way for a reversal of the CofE’s opposition to
same-sex marriage and the eventual appointment of actively
homosexual priests and bishops
Archbishop Welby said yesterday that bishops will now ‘consider the
report and decide how such a process might best be shaped.’