Church of England: Sex outside of heterosexual marriage ‘falls short of God s purpose’ – The Christian Post
The Church of England has released a guidance stating that sexual relations belong between married, heterosexual couples, and that sex in gay or straight civil partnerships falls short of God s purpose for human beings.”
The House of Bishops of the Church of England issued pastoral guidance in response to the recent introduction to mixed-sex civil partnerships, which says: 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 church seeks to uphold that standard in its approach to civil partnerships, and to affirm the value of committed, sexually abstinent friendships within such partnerships.
Well I’ll be darned. I find this surprising.