ordination of women
I have publicly advocated, and will continue to do so, for the full affirmation of same-sex marriage whilst allowing for diversity of theological expression and conscience as we have done with the acceptance of the ordination of women
And of the 22 London members (clergy and laity combined) 8 either did not support the ordination of women or were from churches that do not accept that women should be vicars or bishops.
I have been a life long campaigner for the ordination of women and voted in favour of the women bishops legislation when I last served on General Synod.
People with reservations about the ordination of women generally would not be happy with this situation either.
We need to revisit the way in which the settlement around the ordination of women as bishops is working out to see where it needs some adjustment.
Some of us will remember the older debates on the ordination of women and remarriage of divorcees which all now seem old, historic and, with hindsight, rather tame – but at the time, for those of us living those debates they could be as vicious as the current
I fully support the ordination of women as priests and bishops.
I am in favour of the ordination of women to all three orders of ordained ministry, and I am fully committed to the Guiding Principles that were agreed to by the General Synod in 2012, and I oppose the attempts of a minority who wish to renege on these.
As a Synod member, I spoke in a number of debates, including around the legislation which enabled the ordination of women to the episcopate, served on the steering committee for the Mission and Pastoral (Amendment) Measure 2018, and the revision committees for the Naming of Dioceses Measure, and the alternative texts in accessible language for baptism.
I was on Synod during the 1990–95 group of sessions, including the debates around the ordination of women.
the ordination of women - without tolerating the intolerance against their vocation.
I support the ordination of women to all Orders of Ministry.