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Bishop of Dover stamps on eggshells at WATCH conference
24 Apr 2024 12:05 GMT
… ’t do this unless the Anglicans or the Orthodox are doing … un-Anglican,” she said. “An example of this being the bishop no … a Church that said it didn’t matter who the priest was … debate on same-sex blessings in the General Synod last year, Bishop Hudson …
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UPDATE (with judgment): Dominica High Court rules punishment of homosexual acts as unconstitutional
22 Apr 2024 18:21 GMT
… Offences Act which punishes homosexual sex, is unconstitutional. … the Bishop of Roseau (Catholic Church) and the Anglican Church, and … and the role of religion in Dominica.
The … SOA) that criminalize consensual same-sex activities ruled unconstitutional. The …
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Dominica High Court Rules Sections of Sexual Offences Act Unconstitutional, Recognizing Right to Same-Sex Activity
22 Apr 2024 17:06 GMT
… Act Unconstitutional, Recognizing Right to Same-Sex Activity**
In a landmark … Sexual Offences Act, which criminalize homosexual sex, are unconstitutional.
This … the Bishop of Roseau (Catholic Church) and the Anglican Church, voicing concerns from religious …
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The Anglican Communion has deep differences over homosexuality – but a process of dialogue, known as ‘via media,’ has helped hold contradictory beliefs together
22 Apr 2024 12:43 GMT
… homosexual priests should not be consecrated as bishops and that same-sex … the Anglican Communion, even today.
The Anglican Church in … Church in the U.S. has ordained openly gay bishops … when making decisions about religious change. Leading reformers …
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A Schism Over Social issues: The United Methodist Church Has Been Here Before
22 Apr 2024 01:34 GMT
… followers separated from the Anglican Church to form several Methodist … formal statement asserting that homosexuality was “incompatible with … prohibiting clergy from conducting same-sex weddings — though the … as the first openly gay bishop of any gender in …
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Hiking, disc golf, flower arranging: UMC initiative connects people around non-church interests
19 Apr 2024 23:09 GMT
… emerged within the Anglican and Methodist churches 20 years ago. … by bishops of several regions of the United Methodist Church.
… over LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage. But it is … are the only growing religious group
“Churches are sensing that …
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Book of the Week: Talia Marshall on living legend Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku
24 Apr 2024 17:11 GMT
… sodomy laws that criminalised being gay until 1986, it was … the militant demands of the Gay Liberation Front required code … St Faith’s, the Anglican church across from the whare whakairo … documented fallout from the brawl. Lesbians document everything. I bet …
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ECADE welcomes win for LGBTQ+ in Dominica
23 Apr 2024 16:41 GMT
… justice, and increase protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people … General, the Bishop of Roseau, The Methodist Church and the Anglican Church. The Dominica … laws that criminalised consensual same-sex relations between adults. ”
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Dominican human rights group welcomes High Court ruling declaring buggery laws unconstitutional
23 Apr 2024 04:22 GMT
… we like it or not, homosexuality or same sex attraction exists … “gay individual” identified only as “BG” against the Attorney General, the Bishop … of Roseau, The Methodist Church and the Anglican Church. The Dominica …
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Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law
22 Apr 2024 17:53 GMT
… Dominica’s law against consensual same-sex intimacy is unconstitutional.
The judgement … included the local Catholic and Anglican churches and the Dominica Association of … the public, government officials, religious leaders, regional and international bodies …