Jackie Elton has been speaking out after Hollywood actress Emma Watson described herself as “self-partnered” rather than single.
The Harry Potter star told British Vogue about the pressure of turning 30 next year.
She admitted feeling “stressed and anxious” in the past year – about things like not being married or having a baby.
Elton believer Watson’s story isn’t an isolated one and church leaders need to be more understanding.
“When people walk into a church, there are so many messages that are talking being a ‘family church’,” she said.
“There’s so much about families, children, and there are so many events and festivals related around family issues. And we know from a major survey that we did a few years ago just how many single people feel that the church doesn’t know what to do with them. Most people who are single have had some kind of really painful and difficult experience at church.
“Sadly, so far, the Church is not really thinking about it and that’s particularly sad when the reality is that 40 per cent of adults in society are single. So the church is really focused on the much smaller number of people who are married, particularly married with children.”
Elton said she interpreted Watson’s “self-partnered” as a desire to describe herself as self-sufficient.
“It’s a positive fact that you can be fine being on your own that one can resist all the messaging…
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