Tag Archives: LGBT

Pauline’s poem

Posted on 2nd March 2022 by Jonathan Clatworthy

This is a guest post by Pauline Fleck. Pauline is a trans woman. She describes her experience of joining, and then leaving, the Roman Catholic Church in the context of feelings of guilt and questions of identity.

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Love or faith? Can we live with both?

Posted on 25th November 2020 by Jonathan Clatworthy

The Church of England’s long-awaited book Living in Love and Faith has now been published. It describes itself as ‘Christian teaching and learning about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage’. It doesn’t make a decision on the ethics of same-sex partnerships; … Continue reading →

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What was that about the Bible?

Posted on 13th February 2017 by Jonathan Clatworthy

The BBC’s Today programme this morning interviewed Simon Sarmiento and Susie Leafe on the Church of England House of Bishops’ recent report on same-sex partnerships. If you want to listen to it it’s here , 1:21:45 in. Simon was very … Continue reading →

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How to not read the Bible

Posted on 7th August 2016 by Jonathan Clatworthy

Last Saturday’s Pride demo in Liverpool was a great occasion, according to the reports I’ve received. I’ve been sent some photos depicting protestors with banners displaying biblical texts. They give the impression that the Bible disapproves of what Pride stands … Continue reading →

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