With the legalization of same-sex marriage in Britain; the next legal battle is for the Church of England. Following the Queen's blessing of gay nuptials, one UK couple is going to challenge at least one religious denomination that refuses to marry homosexuals. With the Church of England and the Catholic Church refusing to opt-in to officiating same-sex marriages, a well-known gay advocate, told “The Essex Chronicle” he is planning to challenge the Church of England in court. “I am a Christian – a practicing Christian – my children have all been brought up as Christians and are part of the local parish church in Danbury,” he said. “I want to go into my church and marry my husband…The only way forward for us now is to make a challenge in the courts against the church.”
Note: I think this is where the next wave of homosexual political power-pushing is headed: the Church. I have a feeling that the more degraded Christian sects, such as the Church of England, will be rather quickly overwhelmed. Christian sects that already allow same sex marriages are: the Anglican Church of Canada, the Episcopal Church of the USA, the Lutheran Churches of Sweden and Denmark, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ; and many others; while some, such as the Presbyterian Church USA and the United Methodist Church, allow for same-sex blessings. The only major Christian denominations which currently prohibit any form of same sex union are the Catholics, Southern Baptists, and the Orthodox Churches. Right now, the brunt of vitriol has been aimed at the Church in the former Soviet Union, with much rhetoric currently swirling about the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi.