This Man Should Be Summarily Sacked.

Church 'should lose same-sex marriage exemption'.

Mon 09 Oct 2017

By Alex Williams

There is a fresh call for the Church of England to lose its exemption from conducting same-sex marriages, this time from one of its own bishops.

Rt Rev Dr Alan Wilson the Bishop of Buckingham (pictured below) said removing exceptions for the Church under the Equality Act (2010) would help tackle homophobia.

Asked by The Times if the Act should be amended, he answered: " Yes. The Equality Act is used as an accountability standard in modern Britain.

"It describes how we understand public accountability in every institution except the church. That does seems quite extraordinary." Premier.