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Archbishops in the Church of England have apologized for a statement issued last week that said only married heterosexual couples should have sex.
“We as Archbishops, alongside the bishops of the Church of England, apologize and take responsibility for releasing a statement last week which we acknowledge has jeopardized trust,” the Thursday statement said. “We are very sorry and recognize the division and hurt this has caused.”
On January 22, the Church’s House of Bishops published pastoral guidance regarding civil partnerships between same-sex and opposite-sex couples. “In its approach to civil partnerships the Church seeks to uphold that standard, to affirm the value of committed, sexually abstinent friendships and to minister sensitively and pastorally to those Christians who conscientiously decide to order their lives differently,” the statement read.
The Church said that their teachings on sexual ethics do not change for unmarried same-sex and opposite-sex couples in civil partnerships. “For Christians, marriage – that is the lifelong union between a man and a woman, contracted with the making of vows – remains the proper context for sexual activity.”
The original statement came in response to a change to England’s law regarding civil partnerships, which same-sex couples have been able to form since 2005. New regulations, which went into effect in December 2019, extended the ability to form civil partnerships to same-sex couples.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/01/church-of-england-apologizes-sex-married-heterosexual-couples/