By the time of the General Election in June, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, who happens to be Christian had lost count of the times he’d been asked by journalists whether gay sex was a sin.
While Farron didn’t particularly help by seeming to offer different answers, all quarters of the Church were having their own battles with the issue of sexuality.
In June, the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) described its move to allow gay weddings in its buildings as “a momentous step”. The move led to discipline by the Anglican Communion and was the final straw for conservative Anglican group GAFCON who appointed a missionary bishop to oversee churches who felt they could no longer work within the SEC.
Wales nearly got its first gay bishop when Canon Jeffrey John seemed the most popular choice in the Diocese of Llandaff – the other Bishops in Wales weren’t so sure.
The Church of England carried on discussions over sexuality at its General Synod (when is it not talking about sexuality) but it was its advice to its schools which hit the front pages that encouraged teachers to let pupils cross dress. Justin Welby then angered conservatives when speaking to LBC radio when he suggested there was “no problem” with a boy wearing a dress.
Christians in the UK also raised concern over their freedoms to live out their faith with Lord Pearson leading the way suggesting that it…
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