Here are the Good Friday addresses which I preached with the Rev Cedric Blakey today.
4 responses to “Equal Marriage – Prop 8 Ruling in California”
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“Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, neither hath he been displeased.
And surely the Future shall be better for thee than the Past,
And in the end shall thy Lord be bounteous to thee and thou be satisfied.”Little by little.
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Yes, little by little. Taking the long view is frustrating, but in the end that is the view that God must surely take.
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[…] Holdsworth has a good response for an Anglican revisionist this side of the Pond which gets down to the core of the argument. […]
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May we join the celebration?
Mexico court upholds gay marriage law
Thu, Aug 5 2010
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s supreme court on Thursday upheld a landmark law that allows gay marriage in the capital city, bucking a challenge raised by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderon.
This year, Mexico City became the first capital in mainly Catholic Latin America to pass a law allowing gay couples the same marriage and adoption rights as heterosexuals.
But Calderon’s government and his right-wing National Action Party, or PAN, argued the law was unconstitutional on grounds it would be destructive to families. The powerful Catholic hierarchy in Mexico calls gay marriage immoral.
While the supreme court decided gay marriage was constitutional, it will review the adoption clause on Monday.
“Those of us who are in favor of this (law) are in favor of diversity and tolerance,” Supreme Court Justice Arturo Zaldivar said during the court’s deliberations.
“Our constitution does not establish a concept of marriage,” he said.
Since the law was passed, more than 300 same-sex couples have tied the knot, the majority of them men.
Activists see the law as part of a sea change in attitudes on homosexuality in much of traditionally macho Latin America.
With some 20 million residents, the Mexico City metropolitan area is one of the world’s largest cities.
(Reporting by Miguel Angel Guitierrez; writing by Mica Rosenberg; editing by Missy Ryan and Jerry Norton)
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Sermon preached on 26 February 2012
Here's what I said on Sunday.
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