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Church of England should allow same-sex marriage, says Bishop of Oxford · The Slippery Slope

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  Hi, I'm Jeff Allen. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery slope. So these do headlines well,
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  unfortunately, they're just not surprising anymore.
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  We can see this is where the church is going.
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  Especially the, what we call, the more traditional traditional
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  churches. I think they've strayed away
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  from actually following the Bible, a long long time ago, and
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  this is just another Nail in the coffin for them.
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  This headline here comes from the guardian of both the
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  headlines. Actually come from the guardian.
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  The first one says Church of England should allow same-sex
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  marriage says, Bishop of Oxford, the second headline which came
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  out. Just after that article says
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  five more Anglican Bishops back same-sex marriages in church.
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  So, back to the first one, the Church of England, it says, the
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  Church of England should allow same-sex marriage for
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  congregation and Clergy. Okay, the bishop of Oxford has
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  said becoming the first senior figure to weigh in on the
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  subject? So the right Reverend dr.
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  Steven Croft also acknowledged the acute pain and distress of
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  lgbtq plus people in the life of the church and apologized for
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  his own views being slow to change.
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  He says, quote unquote slow to change but he said there must be
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  a discourse into how the church tackles the subject in future.
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  He goes on his quoted as saying Settlement must be founded on
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  love and respect love and respect for lgbtq plus people
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  and their families within and Beyond the church love and
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  respect for those who take different views.
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  He added in a 52 page, essay Croft apologized for the
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  church's stance on gay relationships, specifically this
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  slowly slowness to reach better decisions and practice on these
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  matters. But the the bishop also said
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  clergy must be able to refuse to opt into any new Arrangements
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  saying that it should be recognized.
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  That keeping a traditional view of marriage and human sexuality
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  is a legitimate and honorable position craft statements is
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  significant in light of the current laws which prevents
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  Ministers of the Church of England from carrying out
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  same-sex marriages in the peace. Croft said I need to acknowledge
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  right at the beginning of CSA the acute pain and distress of
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  lgbtq plus people in the life of the church I am sorry that
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  corporately we have been so slow as a church to reach better
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  decisions and practice on these matters.
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  I'm sorry that my own views were slow to change in that my
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  actions and lack of action of cause genuine hurt, disagreement
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  and pain. I remain on a very steep
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  learning curve. He says, as some of the other
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  article, the five more Anglican Bishops back same-sex marriages.
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  It says that these Bishops have backed a call for the Church of
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  England to lift its ban on same-sex marriage in a sign that
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  momentum may be building for a historic change.
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  The Bishops of War, sister wore sister and Dudley her written to
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  all clergy in their area saying the time has come for the church
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  to celebrate and On a same sex relations, John Inge, a senior
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  bishop and Martin gorik. A junior.
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  Bishop in the diocese said, they favored.
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  Same-sex couples being able to marry in church, although clergy
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  should be permitted to act according to their conscience on
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  the issue Inge added in a tweet. I stand convicted of being
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  silent for too long and what I'm persuaded myself was the
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  imperative of you know, Petit. I offer my apologies to all
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  those who have been hurt The Bishop's of reading Buckingham
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  and Dorchester all tweeted their endorsement of an essay.
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  Published on provided by Steven Croft are the bishop of Oxford
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  arge. Arguing at that, the Church of
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  England should end its refusal our refusal to allow same-sex
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  couples to marry in church. Listen, there's not much more to
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  either articles What surprises me in both of these articles and
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  these interviews that they've done with all of these Bishops,
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  these so-called leaders within their respective churches?
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  Is that, there is no reference at all to the Bible, not a with
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  of referencing the Bible at all. You know, for the plethora of
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  scriptures that describe homosexuality as a sin as, as in
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  any other sexual act outside of marriage, Okay.
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  As in all other sexual immorality outside of marriage
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  is this isn't just a bagging on homosexuality, and the likes,
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  but sexual immorality is a sin, and there is nothing in these
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  articles. There is no talk of scripture
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  from any of these, so-called leaders in the church.
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  These Bishops, Junior Bishops? No, no, referencing, scripture
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  at all. What I don't understand is how
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  they've decided, 41. How can they apologize?
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  They are they're apologizing for the Bible and how they can they
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  come to this conclusion? And now they are deciding.
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  What is sin? What is not sin?
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  I was reminded of something that pass the time youth put up on
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  Instagram actually and it's just a little simple little saying,
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  it says the church does not determine what the Bible
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  teaches. It is the Bible that determines
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  what the church must teach. However, Progressive churches
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  like the ones that were talking about here today, have decided
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  that they can declare what is sin, and what is not.
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  They twist the word of God to suit their own needs to suit
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  their own desires. Instead of following the word of
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  God, unfortunately. It seems like these Bishops,
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  these ministers from the church of England from the Anglican
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  church and not reading their Bible.
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  They're not studying their Bible, they are simply studying,
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  or they are simply following human emotion.
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  And going with the flavor of the day, they are directly leading
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  their followers into the Gates of Hell, by not teaching the
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  word of God. That's my opinion.
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  Please let me know what you think.
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  And thank you for listening to the slippery slope.