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On 25 July I posed a blog asking how we change the House of Bishops.

“How do we turn the practical reality of Church of England parishes, churches, clergy and laity already providing a national network of inclusive, affirming ...

It has become clear that the task for those of us campaigning for the full inclusion of LGBTQI people in the Church of England is to pursue amendment of the Marriage Canon and extend marriage in church to same-sex couples.

The House of Bishops know this is the ultimate goal. This is what persuaded a small minority of members of the House of Bishops to vote against Helen...

The voting lists from this month’s meeting of General Synod were made public on Thursday showing how the bishops voted (or did not vote) on Helen King’s private member’s motion on same-sex relationships as amended by an earlier vote in the debate. The biggest surprise for me was to discover that Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, voted against. The Houses of Clergy...

It's a new day and I've been catching up with people's posts and comments in the aftermath of Monday's General Synod debate which concluded with a visitation from the depths of the House of Bishops incompetence – their incompetence and fear when it comes to intimacy..

In the course of the debate, it became obvious that the bishops had difficult...