The Church of England is coming under scrutiny for considering a system that would allow clergy members to practice homosexuality while they serve in the church. Currently, gay members of the clergy, who have been ordained are asked to be celibate, change jobs or seek a promotion to become a bishop, The Daily Mail reports. However, the House of Bishops
will discuss proposals Tuesday to see if they can avoid asking clergy members about their private lives and sexual orientation. The church’s parliament of lay members also known as the Synod had discussed the issue of homosexuality in July and growing rifts within the church have forced them to re-evaluate their policy toward clergy members. READ MORE
Maybe rifts in the Church is a good thing. Maybe the people that are truly committed to God’s Word is being seperated from those who are not.