The Church of England has formally apologized for its treatment of LGBTQ people, even as it says that same-sex couples still will not be allowed to marry in its churches.
even as it said that same-sex couples still will not be allowed to marry in its churches.
The report will be delivered to the church’s national assembly, the General Synod, which is meeting in London next month. “For the times we have rejected or excluded you, and those you love, we are deeply sorry. The occasions on which you have received a hostile and homophobic response in our churches are shameful, and for this we repent.”
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