[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Where do they stand on Bingo Alison then "the first non-binary Priest to be ordained in the COE" who is no longer a man but married to a woman? Would that not be classed as "gay marriage" now considering he's not a man anymore?

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He is a man, married to a woman.

That is how they will see it.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by parmnion

He is a man, married to a woman.

That is how they will see it.

Most likely but isn't he making them look a bit stupid though by claiming he's not a man but he's married to a woman when he's one of their representatives and they've just made a statement like they have?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Most likely but isn't he making them look a bit stupid though by claiming he's not a man but he's married to a woman when he's one of their representatives and they've just made a statement like they have?

To be fair, claiming to be "gender queer" only makes him look stupid. It's the kind of thing most people just say "lol kay" to and ignore. No-one takes it seriously enough to think it reflects on the Church's views toward gay marriage.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair, claiming to be "gender queer" only makes him look stupid. It's the kind of thing most people just say "lol kay" to and ignore. No-one takes it seriously enough to think it reflects on the Church's views toward gay marriage.

If he was keeping it low key maybe but he's been on This Morning with Holly & Phil Telling everyone how god loves variety

[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Most likely but isn't he making them look a bit stupid though by claiming he's not a man but he's married to a woman when he's one of their representatives and they've just made a statement like they have?

Hes made himself and the church look stupid.

[Christmas Lights]

Originally Posted by parmnion

He is a man, married to a woman.

That is how they will see it.

Still a contradiction .... COE have got themselves in a mess. So that's probably another reason why some people want to push this to be accepted, because it doesn't make sense to people to have gay & trans priests & vicars ..but then be against gay marriage itself. COE tries to be liberal whilst pushing back. They don't know what balance to have anymore.

In Mosques & synagogues , I very much doubt we'd be hearing about many gay or trans imam's & rabbi's. People know where they stand and know it's practically unheard of with Judaism & Islam , not much confusion there ... whether people agree with it or not .

These places are very strict overall especially re: same sex marriage . And I don't think they'll be changing their minds any time soon ,or forced to either .

Like I said people know where they stand. Many will go to a registry office to get married etc ,you can virtually get married anywhere these days .