Giles Fraser UnHerd Happy Easter, losers
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Church of England campaign group attitudes to trans, intersex and non-binary people
Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections Putting Chrism at the centre
Mark Clavier Well-Tempered Beyond the Scaffolding
“What the Church in Wales’s Harries Report Missed and Why It Still Matters”
Towards the end of Ian Gomersall’s piece, there’s a delightful typo, “Scared Chrism”. Yes, that’s the sadness of it. Even at what should be a uniting service, some clergy can’t bring themselves to attend. Tragic division is on show.
I believe that when Graham Leonard was Archdeacon of Hampstead and did a preachment at St Paul’s, the service booklet declared him Archbishop of Hampstead.
Hampstead is one of those places where you might find people who think they deserve their own archbishop.
It’s depressing but not unexpected that there’s a new LGB group trying to further marginalise trans and intersex Christians. I share Colin’s concern. We are already struggling with a Government intending to treat us in a way the European Court of Human Rights expressly prohibited. That human rights are now being ignored ought to be a major concern to everyone. Today it might be trans and intersex people but tomorrow it could be any other minority group. Once a precedent has been set, history shows these things escalate.