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Gay marriage worst threat in 500 years:
British Church
Wednesday June 13, 2012 09:03:08 PM,
IANS
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London:
The British government's plan to introduce same-sex marriage is
one of the most serious threats to the Church of England in its
500-year history, the clergy claim.
Anxiety among Church leaders is so acute that they raised the
spectre of disestablishment, warning that any attempt to alter the
definition of marriage could fatally undermine the Church's
privileged position, The Independent reported Tuesday.
Critics have dismissed the Church's stance as overly dramatic and
called on bishops to follow the lead of established religious
bodies in Iceland, Sweden and Denmark who largely embraced gay
marriage.
The clerics say that the plans for same-sex marriage "have not
been thought-through properly and are not legally sound".
Downing Street has insisted that its plans to bring in equal
marriage laws will go ahead. In March the government launched a
three-month consultation process calling on supporters and
opponents to put forward their views with the deadline for
submissions closing later this week.
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