Sex is for married heterosexual couples only, says Church of England
Source: The Guardian
The Church of England has stated that sex belongs only within heterosexual marriage, and that Christians in gay or straight civil partnerships should be sexually abstinent.
Bishops have issued pastoral guidance in response to the recent introduction to mixed-sex civil partnerships, which says: “For Christians, marriage – that is, the lifelong union between a man and a woman, contracted with the making of vows – remains the proper context for sexual activity.”
The church “seeks to uphold that standard” in its approach to civil partnerships, and “to affirm the value of committed, sexually abstinent friendships” within such partnerships.
It adds: “Sexual relationships outside heterosexual marriage are regarded as falling short of God’s purpose for human beings.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/23/sex-married-heterosexual-couples-church-of-england-christians
Would Prince Charles care to opine?
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...Good luck with that!
and think they know whats "best" for everyone, but when people want to know how a church operates.........................they fucking hide there own demons.........................
Which is the "wrong" hand with which to masturbate????
Entymology and semiotics: "both sides" arguments - the liberal "left" ???? Hmmmmm...speaking of pagans and heresy; it's all quite laughable
https://www.etymonline.com/word/sinister
sinister (adj.)
early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre, sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter), of uncertain origin. Perhaps meaning properly "the slower or weaker hand" [Tucker], but Klein and Buck suggest it's a euphemism (see left (adj.)) connected with the root of Sanskrit saniyan "more useful, more advantageous." With contrastive or comparative suffix -ter, as in dexter (see dexterity).
The Latin word was used in augury in the sense of "unlucky, unfavorable" (omens, especially bird flights, seen on the left hand were regarded as portending misfortune), and thus sinister acquired a sense of "harmful, unfavorable, adverse." This was from Greek influence, reflecting the early Greek practice of facing north when observing omens. In genuine Roman auspices, the augurs faced south and left was favorable. Thus sinister also retained a secondary sense in Latin of "favorable, auspicious, fortunate, lucky."
Meaning "evil" is from late 15c. Used in heraldry from 1560s to indicate "left, to the left." Bend (not "bar"
sinister in heraldry indicates illegitimacy and preserves the literal sense of "on or from the left side" (though in heraldry this is from the view of the bearer of the shield, not the observer of it; see bend (n.2)).
Def of entymology: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology
Def of semiotics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics
Shocked, I tell you!
And that pronouncement will certainly make everyone fall in line.
Because heterosexual marriage is not where all the sex is happening. 
ain't that a hoot? 
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