tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861480576960760833.post1500511319583443396..comments2024-03-28T11:52:35.171+00:00Comments on Woolgathering in North East England: Michael Sadgrove's Blog: The General Synod and Same Sex RelationshipsAquiloniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15098649175728796819noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861480576960760833.post-69502635333256395902017-02-15T22:06:46.501+00:002017-02-15T22:06:46.501+00:00They said "no"! Wonderful.They said "no"! Wonderful.Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497065436976563532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861480576960760833.post-36878122750178248962017-02-15T13:32:41.753+00:002017-02-15T13:32:41.753+00:00Farewell CofE...maybe one day something a bit more...Farewell CofE...maybe one day something a bit more real will emerge into the secular landscape that the established Church has helped create. Something a bit more...Godly? Spiritual? Unconscious? Tolerant? Full of integrity? Actually aligned to the kerygma of Christ, able to proclaim and communicate the radical approach he had towards love and living, rather than the tawdry middle-class Sunday entertainment that is your local parish church, infused with the bile of a few radical evangelicals who hold the rest of the institution to ransom because it’s too feckless to really do anything...?Bill Ferneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508993354498330927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861480576960760833.post-81934568109639764262017-02-15T00:25:06.712+00:002017-02-15T00:25:06.712+00:00I read with interest your blog and am a member who...I read with interest your blog and am a member who has written to Synod reps to urge them not to take note. I think they need to go back and work through theological perspectives because although they allude to a tone and culture which is more inclusive of LGBTQI people they have proposed no actual changes to a change in tone and culture. <br /><br />Gingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18288148154196732409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861480576960760833.post-88136995965080786472017-02-14T07:15:50.646+00:002017-02-14T07:15:50.646+00:00It's a shame that the HoB chose to use the lan...It's a shame that the HoB chose to use the language, which has been so offensive to many people in the report. The use of terms such as 'same sex attraction' are widely discredited generally and was an unfortunate choice - it sounds as if they are supporting the so called 'Conversion Therapy', again, widely discredited.<br /><br />A dissenting voice would be welcome, because that would be a sign of transparency, but perhaps their membership of the HoB or College of Bishops would be in danger if they break ranks?UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861480576960760833.post-46618267004925477282017-02-13T13:53:10.914+00:002017-02-13T13:53:10.914+00:00Well, you're right, of course. But I'm afr...Well, you're right, of course. But I'm afraid that Synod is mostly about politics, and played mainly by politicians. It was still possible to suborn the general opinion by cramming General Synod with laity of a particular persuasion to have the motion on female bishops thrown out. I am sorry for those who have been persecuted for being gay, and very sorry about this report. But I know a fair few gay clergy. Their sexuality has not hindered their progress through the ranks at all. What's to be sorry about there? I wish the church would focus on issues about prejudice against women, the number of all male choirs for example, and issues of bullying. These things affect far more people. (There are more women than gays) And I know gay clergy who are prejudiced against women! I've been bullied by the church. No-one is sorry for me. Why should I feel sorry for a gay Bishop or Dean? They've done alright.<br />Sorry to be a bit jaundiced, but I get really fed up of this. Gay prelates want me to be sorry for them, when they couldn't care less about me. Sauce for the goose, don't you know. Athenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497065436976563532noreply@blogger.com