Preparations are underway to celebrate what has become one of the major festivals in the Church in Wales, Gay Pride week, 'giving a voice' to those who claim to be persecuted.
As Archbishop Barry Morgan said way back in 2008: "There are a huge number of gay clergy and gay partnered clergydanquot; adding that "there?S no reason why they shouldn?T be bishops and they will be. We?Re not arguing about if, we?Re just arguing about when."
Now that the Church in Wales has appointed an openly lesbian bishop, claiming to be persecuted while running the show has a hollow ring. It is more about tactical advantage than persecution as outlined in Would I Lie to You?
As part of their 2020 LGBT campaign thediocese of Llandaff is launching their first ever LGBT prayer writing competition to celebrate LGBT History Month 2020: "We?Re inviting you to write an original prayer based around the theme Power of Prayer. Your prayer could feature in our forthcoming LGBT prayer book and may be spoken at the Faith Tent Eucharist at Pride Cymru."
The diocesan press release invites readers who may be looking for inspiration to watch the above Prayer for Pride video. In fact it is another propaganda tool claiming discrimination while twisting the meaning of love.
News from Wales has announced a special service in North Wales "celebrating diversity and the legendary Ladies of Llangollen" which takes place at St Collen’s Church in Llangollen on Saturday 22nd February, including a blessing of the tomb of the Ladies of Llangollen.
According to the report: "The service is timely following a recent report issued by the bishops of the Church of England on same-sex marriages. This report has hurt, disappointed and discouraged many LGBT Christians...This service will send out a powerful message of inclusion, hope and welcome to all LGBT people across the land."
That is, inclusion, hope and welcome for an alleged oppressed minority but exclusion, no hope and goodbye to Anglicans who are among the majority of Christians who remain faithful to the teaching of the Apostolic Church.
Following the statement by the Church of England's House of Bishops that for Christians marriage is the lifelong union between a man and a woman and remains the proper context for sexual activity, trendy bishops started to break ranks, distancing themselves from the guidance.
Quick off the mark, the bishop of Gloucester, Rachel Treweek, issued a statement saying that she was ?Deeply frustrated and saddened? At the guidance. "I recognise that it has fanned into flame unnecessary pain and distress and I wish to acknowledge my part in thatdanquot;, she said.
Again using love to justify her stance Treweek added, "The word ?Love? Emanating from the generous love of God is one that needs to be heard and lived, and I am extremely sorry that it has not been heard in the publication of the House of Bishops".
In the House of Commons civil partnered vicar's son Ben Bradshaw questioned the Second Church Estates Commissioner on the guidance. Alleging that the Church "still treats its LGBT members as second-class Christiansdanquot;, he told the House that "serious questionsdanquot; will be asked about the Church of England's established status if it stands by its position on opposite-sex civil partnerships.
Justifying her enthronement as the first openly gay bishop in the Church in Wales the bishop of Monmouth, Cherry Vann, said, “God has given us a world teeming with difference and diversity".
That is their own diversity, soon to be enshrined in the forthcoming Church in Wales LGBT+ prayer book.
It is not difficult to identify the real second-class Christians in the Anglican Church.
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