Why I still believe the Church of England’s prayers for same-sex couples won’t work

The theological rationale published by CofE bishops in support of their proposed prayers to bless same-sex couples contain welcome honesty, says Sean Doherty. But the pastoral guidance is still fatally flawed and pleases neither side, he says

When the House of Bishops of the Church of England published their proposals for prayers for couples in same-sex relationships back in January, I shared eight reasons why I thought they wouldn’t work. The first reason I gave was the lack of a theological or biblical basis given for the proposals.

The House has done further work since then and has recently published GS2328 with the latest version of its proposals. It includes a ‘Theological Rationale’ (you can read more about what is happening here).