I was baptised into the Church of England nearly 70 years ago and still generally regard myself as Christian,at least through history, culture, or ethical orientation,while – like so many others seldom attending church services apart from weddings, christenings and ever more frequent funerals. There has been much that still tied me to the dear obsolete C of E and I will surely depart to my grave finding solace in the stillness and longevity of ancient country churches, and so steeped in traditions that have bound communities together across centuries.
But sadly the archbishops’ deal over gay rights that has so precariously held the Anglican church together brings me ever closer to rejecting the whole set-up in disgust (Church avoids split over gay rights – but liberals pay price,15 January). The painfully slow acceptance of the ordination of women was irascible enough, but at least there was a sense of very gradual progress. But this settlement caves in to the most regressive and reactionary tendencies within the Anglican communion.
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Source: theguardian.com