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Giles Fraser is amongst many people in the Church of England who are angry and trying to fathom where we go from here. A good deal of anger and frustration in
this post, but definitely worth reading.
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A Guardian editorial on the situation in the Church of England bringing up the prospect of parliament removing the Church exemption from equalities legislation and the prospect of disestablishment of the church.
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A good analysis of the Women Bishops vote, and also a good view of what might happen if the events of recent days galvanise the pro-women majority in the church into actively putting themselves forward for Synod.
Currently the 7% of conservative and traditional parishes have a working blocking minority in the House of Laity, if that goes in the next Synod election it may well be that a more pro-women synod will not give nearly so much ground to accommodate the traditionalists in any subsequent legislation…
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One effect of the failure to vote for Women Bishops yesterday is to bring a whole load of other subjects relating to the Church of England to the fore, in particular the relationship
between Church and State, and the place of the Bishops in the House of Lords. That the state Church is allowed to ignore equality law has also been highlighted. This article is a good read calling for things to change as a result of the vote.
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Something a bit different related to the synod vote. Written by
a Christian Youth Worker, this is a letter to the young women she works with…
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