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  • Church and Civil Partnerships

    As I awoke in a bleary haze this morning, (today is a post-Ceilidh morning) I heard someone one the radio talking about how the Church of Scotland might be the first church to allow people in Civil Partnerships to serve as ordained clergy.

    It won’t of course. The Scottish Episcopal Church already has plenty of people in Civil Partnerships who serve as ordained clergy. Unlike in England, they don’t have to pretend that they are living lives of celibate friendship either.

    There’s going to be lots of news about LGBT relationships this week, with the bill coming to parliament in Westminster (does not affect Scotland) and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland trying to get its knickers out of a twist about gay ministers in Edinburgh.

    Not all the news is going to be accurate either.

14 responses to “Mission Service”

  1. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    What do you call the fabby vestment-with-train +Idris is wearing? I thought that the falda was for Popes only!

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  2. Eamonn Avatar
    Eamonn

    Whatever you do, don’t show these pictures to the successful candidate in tomorrow’s election. It might give her/him ideas.

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  3. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    I think that +Idris was wearing a Cappa Magna.

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  4. susan s. Avatar
    susan s.

    Maybe its because I am from the US, but some of the pictures made me distinctly uncomfortable!No, I am not “low” church. And I didn’t think that +Idris looked all that comfortable in some of the “long train” photos. It is beautiful, but far too Roman looking for my taste. And need I say that where were the women in this party? 😉

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