What is in Kelvin's Head?

Guest Post: Beth Routledge on the Grosvenor Essay on Marriage and Human Intimacy

10/09/2012

During this blessed time of sabbatical, I’m going to let other people do some of the talking on this blog. I’ve not done any guest posts before but it seems right now. The first of these is this piece from Beth Routledge who is a doctor working in the NHS and an altar server at St Mary’s. Beth blogs brilliant things at The Road Less Travelled

This week, the Grosvenor Essay on Marriage and Human Intimacy was published online [having been presented at General Synod in June]. This is a euphemistic title for a report into how the Doctrine Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church feels about same-sex relationships. If you follow me on Twitter, you will be unsurprised to know that I was one of the alleged Twitterati who read it on Tuesday and ended up live commentating on all of the many ways in which it managed to offend me.

In my opinion, it is poorly written, badly referenced, and riddled with factual errors, and on that basis, irrespective of what it actually said, I find it difficult to understand how the SEC allowed it to be freely released to the public. (more…)

6 responses to “Hung!”

Tim

07/05/2010

All very well saying Labour have “lost their mandate to govern” when he’s not actually gained one either…

I guess a hung parliament has been most likely for the past few weeks, much as one might wish for a happier colour. I’ll bear the rest of your predictions in mind for later though 🙂

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Aaron

07/05/2010

Here in Canada we’ve had a minority government for five years now, with little sign of it falling. The Conservative PM is pretty bland, but the Liberals have the least inspiring leader you could imagine and the NDP are lead by a nutter. (And the Bloc isn’t national.) The opposition parties don’t want to trigger an election, because they fear that the voters would blame them for having to trudge to the polls. That and they’re even less popular than our lackluster PM.

I think a minority government works, actually, simply because the governing party has to seek consensus. (And, in our case, the opposition parties have to as well.) Then again, I’m from the States where the President needs Congress and the voters often elect them from opposite parties.

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David | Dahâ€¢veed

07/05/2010

Off Topic –

I am surprised that you have not said anything at MadPriest’s post about you. Especially since it has such a large photo.

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ryan

07/05/2010

I saw that photo too! Kelvin does look a bit camp in it.

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1. kelvin
  
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  Camp?
  
  Moi?
  
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ryan

08/05/2010

Well, it’s not as butch as the Italian Vanity Fair photos 😉

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