The former Labour minister David Lammy dismissed suggestion that it somehow undermined Christianity. “The Jesus I know was an illegitimate refugee born with a death sentence on his head,” he said. “He would stand up for minorities”. - Independent -

Tina Beattie : I have never been able to understand the argument that same-sex marriage threatens marriage as we know it. Marriage is far more threatened by a consumerist culture in which the demand for instant gratification is worth the…

As expected, the vote for a second reading of the equal marriage legislation easily passed in the House of Commons a short while ago, by a vote of 400 to 175, with about 140 Conservative MPs voting against ( a…

Reality is chipping away at Vatican sexual doctrine, as is clearly demonstrated by recent responses by senior Catholic prelates to public debate on gay marriage, and abortion. In the UK, it’s a big day for equal marriage, as the second…

In today’s Gospel, we read “There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha”. Who are the lepers in the Church of today? My parish pew leaflet this morning has the important observation: The message…

As part of my response to the sudden “closure” of the Soho Masses, I’ve been writing extensively about the need to do more than simply move our existing congregation from Warwick Street to Farm Street. There is a dire need…

At the Guardian, columnist Andrew Browne asks an important question: “Is gay marriage really about sex?” The question could of course be easily generalized to ”Is gay marriage really about sex?” A related question, springing from his discussion of the conservative…