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Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« on: June 08, 2017, 05:31:24 PM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40190204

I see the Scottish Episcopal Church is to permit gay marriage, good for them. :)
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2017, 05:45:20 PM »
Excellent!!!
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2017, 05:48:20 PM »
Piskies are up there in my favourite sects.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2017, 06:01:41 PM »
Does this mean that any gay couple who want a church wedding can go to Scotland for one?   
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2017, 06:03:12 PM »
I think a hearty hallelujah would be in order: good for them.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2017, 06:03:58 PM »
Quote from: wigginhall on June 08, 2017, 06:01:41 PM
Does this mean that any gay couple who want a church wedding can go to Scotland for one?

I would think so.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2017, 06:16:31 PM »
I already know of three pisky ministers who will not accept this and will seek oversight from a foreign diocese.
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« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2017, 07:24:55 PM »
Good to hear  :)
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2017, 07:43:01 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on June 08, 2017, 06:16:31 PM
I already know of three pisky ministers who will not accept this and will seek oversight from a foreign diocese.
They are not obliged to carry out the ceremonies though are they?
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2017, 08:11:05 PM »
Quote from: Sebastian Toe on June 08, 2017, 07:43:01 PM
They are not obliged to carry out the ceremonies though are they?
Doesn't look like it - the article said it'll proceed on an opt-in basis.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2017, 08:20:44 PM »
At least certain Christian sects can see sense !!!!!
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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2017, 08:23:33 PM »
Happily there are still some who take 1 John 4:8 seriously.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2017, 08:49:02 PM »
Quote from: Shaker on June 08, 2017, 08:23:33 PM
Happily there are still some who take 1 John 4:8 seriously.

Shame that has nothing to do with gay "marriage" though.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2017, 08:50:12 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on June 08, 2017, 08:20:44 PM
At least certain Christian sects can see sense !!!!!

The heretics can do what they want, I suppose.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2017, 08:53:12 PM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on June 08, 2017, 08:49:02 PM
Shame that has nothing to do with gay "marriage" though.
Your keyboard needs seeing to - it's dropping in random punctuation marks. Probably a minor technical thingy, and replacements are as cheap as chips anyway.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2017, 09:21:05 PM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on June 08, 2017, 08:50:12 PM
The heretics can do what they want, I suppose.
Well, since who is classed as a heretic changes with the wind and the tides, it's nothing to fuss over ;)
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2017, 09:30:03 PM »
Quote from: Sebastian Toe on June 08, 2017, 07:43:01 PM
They are not obliged to carry out the ceremonies though are they?



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Apparently they don't want to associate themselves with the piskies in Scotland - this may be a problem: one minister is minister of the richest church in the denomination, which is struggling financially. If his congregation are of the same opinion, the denomination may well cease to be an effective force, the stronger churches joining more 'traditional' diocese.
A bit like the CofS, which has lost eight ministers and seven whole congregations to the Free Church (and a further two to independent status) over the past five years.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2017, 05:06:52 PM »
Quote from: Floo on June 08, 2017, 05:31:24 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40190204

I see the Scottish Episcopal Church is to permit gay marriage, good for them. :)
What type of a marriage between a man and a woman is gay marriage Floo?
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2017, 05:07:31 PM »
Quote from: SwordOfTheSpirit on June 27, 2017, 05:06:52 PM
What type of a marriage between a man and a woman is gay marriage Floo?
Why are you lying?
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« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2017, 05:41:50 PM »
Quote from: SwordOfTheSpirit on June 27, 2017, 05:06:52 PM
What type of a marriage between a man and a woman is gay marriage Floo?

What are you wittering on about? ::)
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #20 on: June 27, 2017, 05:43:10 PM »
Quote from: SwordOfTheSpirit on June 27, 2017, 05:06:52 PM
What type of a marriage between a man and a woman is gay marriage Floo?
No dear (bless him, he's confused, obviously): marriage between two people of the same sex.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2017, 06:17:15 PM »
Quote from: SwordOfTheSpirit on June 27, 2017, 05:06:52 PM
What type of a marriage between a man and a woman is gay marriage Floo?

I can only assume you haven't been paying sufficient attention to events in the current century.
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« Reply #22 on: June 27, 2017, 06:45:14 PM »
Quote from: Gordon on June 27, 2017, 06:17:15 PM
I can only assume you haven't been paying sufficient attention to events in the current century.
... or, over all, some considerable number of centuries previously, come to that.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2017, 07:02:24 PM »
OP: That is good news.

An e-mail from the NSS had a link to a survey (about improving their web site etc) and in answer to a question about why the work of the NSS is important, I said that I dislike bigotry in all  its forms.
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Re: Scottish Episcopal Church approves gay marriage
« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2017, 07:03:12 PM »
Quote from: Gordon on June 27, 2017, 06:17:15 PM
I can only assume you haven't been paying sufficient attention to events in the current century.
Gordon at his best with his authoritarian hat.

The main interest in this issue on this forum is that it has been a text book exercise in linguistic totalitarianism.
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