A co-founder and the Secretary of Changing Attitude Ireland, the Revd Mervyn Kingston, has expressed trenchant criticisms of the bishops’ Listening Process regarding gay and lesbian people in the Church, and has voiced similar criticisms of the Hard Gospel Project’s dealing with the subject. [Continue Reading]
Gay Clergy Count: Visibility and Listening in the Church of Ireland
1 June 2008
By Mervyn Kingston, Search – A Church of Ireland Journal, Vol.31 Number 2. Summer 2008
How many gays and lesbians do you know? The reality is that gays and lesbians are to be found in every family, church and denomination. Look around and it will not be long before you see a gay son, daughter, brother, sister, aunt or uncle, nephew or niece, cousin or close friend. We all have them, but it is just that we may not know about them. If we are to be a truly open and inclusive church, then we need to find ways to welcome by our words and actions those who are often made to feel marginalised and isolated. [Continue Reading]
RTE News: State urged to protect same-sex couples
10 March 2008
Fine Gael has called on legislators to give legal protection to same-sex couples and Sinn Féin has accused the Government of rolling back gay rights won in the courts. Both were speaking following a call by a senior Anglican churchman for inheritance and other rights to be given to gay couples living together. Church of Ireland Archdeacon Gordon Linney last night called for legislation to protect cohabiting gay couples. [Continue Reading]
