Dear Editor,
On Saturday, June 6, Peter Phillips was wed to Harriet Sperling at All Saints Parish Church, Kemble, in Gloucestershire.
This was the second wedding for each of the participants, and the children from their previous weddings had roles during the ceremony.
The bride wore white… again!
The official teaching of the Church of England (C of E) is that Christian marriage is between one man and one woman, for life.
Divorcees should, thus, not be remarried in church, let alone wearing white.
Currently, the C of E has shelved its document, ‘Living in Love and Faith’, which was to consider whether homosexual people – such as I – should be permitted to seek the Church’s blessing on their own relationship.
Realising that the C of E had shifted its goalposts considerably, for heterosexual people, whilst refusing to countenance 'gay blessings', I realise that the C of E is ill-equipped to adjudicate on the sanctity of human sexual relations in any shape or form.
This ‘royal’ wedding ceremony is, simply, the latest example of C of E hypocrisy.
Sincerely,
Mark Dyer
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