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Deeply divided Anglican Church will not bless same-sex couples after all

Niles Posthumus interviews Richard Kirker and Revd Charlie Bączyk-Bell for Trouw, a Dutch newspaper about the latest stemate in a 60 year long battle for same-sex marriage/blessings. You can visit the original article (although there is a paywall) here: https://www.trouw.nl/religie-filosofie/frustratie-bij-homoseksuele-anglicanen-hun-kerk-gaat-homostellen-toch-niet-inzegenen~b3495af5/ DOWNLOAD A PDF COPY OF THE ARTICLE – Dutch Newspaper Trouw March 2026 Dutch Newspaper ...

LGBC Supporter Philomena Heffernan Writes to The Tablet

‘Authentic human dignity is achieved not by affirming every self-description as ontological truth, but by recognising each person’s worth within the reality of creation.’ An excellent letter in The Tablet taking issue with two vital points in their Editorial ‘New Guidance’ this week. Thank you Philomena Heffernan for helping enlighten readers with lucid clarity. Letter ...

Letter to Church Times: ‘Are trans and women’s rights opposed?

LGB Christians’ Caroline Watson wrote to The Church Times in response to the article ‘Are trans and women’s rights opposed?’ by Paul Valley

Gender Identity captures the CofE: ‘the shameful brainwashing of children’

Church House, London. Photo credit: Paasikivi, Wikipedia.

Dr Sarah Rutherford's describes the background to the Church of England's adoption of gender identity ideology via it's anti-bullying school's document 'Valuing All God's Children'. She describes her dealings with the Board of Education and the influence of Stonewall.

Same-sex attracted Christians are now caught between two competing orthodoxies

Revd Lorenzo Fernandez-Smal writes: Gender ideology is a system that not only requires faith from its believers, but mute obedience from everyone else. It seeks not only to silence dissent politically, but a big part of its activism is also centred around queer theory and therefore around redefining words and meanings to change perceived heteronormative power structures. It robs those who oppose it from their vocabulary: woman, man, sex, gay, lesbian. Queer is not a sexuality, it's an activist identity, a badge of sophistry.

Hopeful exchanges at The Tablet

Hopeful exchanges are happening at The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly paper. On the 30th September an article by Professor Emerita Tina Beattie, a retired theologian, sounded a note of caution about opening up uncritically to the full spectrum of LGBTQ+. Tina Beattie has strong credentials as a theologian who has repeatedly challenged the Catholic ...

Church Times

Oxford University students advised which churches are ‘safe’ for LGBTQ+ peers

Francis Martin The University’s LGBTQ+ Society’s Safe Churches Team has compiled a report on 30 churches in the city, categorising each on a five-point scale according to how inclusive it is judged to be and how honest the church leadership are about their stance.

Dr David Mackereth to challenge transgender ‘compelled speech’

Photo of Dr David Mackereth

Dr David Mackereth, who had been an A&E doctor for 26 years, lost his job with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after refusing to identify clients by their chosen gender instead of their biological sex. David said that using ‘transgender pronouns’ went against his conscience as a doctor and Bible-believing Christian.