East Lancashire bishop supports Church of England's concerns on gay...

The Bishop of Burnley, the Rt Rev John Goddard, said he did not belittle same-sex civil partnerships, but said they were 'not marriage'. The Bishop spoke out after the Church of England said introducing same-sex marriage would lead to an unprecedented clash between its own canon law - that marriage is between a man and a woman - and that of ... (more)

[snyper]

Separate church and State.

There. Problem solved.

[noct]

This biship needs some one to explaine to him that his church did not invent marriage, nor does it hold rights to the concept. At most they can claim the rites his religion has adopted to mark marriages within his religion. Marriage existed long before the Christians and chatolics got in evolved. It would be like my self as a pagan who has adopted the use of incense saying that chatholics could no longer use incense because its mow a part of my religion and for (insert bat sh*t crazy reasion here) its against my. Beliefs for any one but my faith to use it. Crazy no?