The Church of England continues its transition to The Church of Wokeism. As I reported in December, the Church changed the lyrics of the 1815 hymn “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” to “God Rest Ye Queer and Questioning,” and on Thursday, bishops voted to officially bestow blessings on same-sex marriage.

Shocked? Me, neither.

Same-sex marriages will receive “prayers for God’s blessing” for the first time in the Church of England following a vote at the General Synod, the legislative body of the established church of England, as reported by Breitbart.

Incidentally, synod members also voted to “lament and repent” of the “failure” of the Church to welcome LGBTQI+ people and for the “harm” they’ve experienced and “continue to experience” — in the Church.

Here’s more on the same-sex marriage vote, via Breitbart:

The vote was overwhelmingly approved by the House of Bishops, which supported the measure by a margin of 36 to four, with two members of the house abstaining from the vote. However, the issue was far more contested amongst the lower houses of the Synod, with the House of Clergy backing the measure by a vote of 111 to 85, with three abstentions, and by the House of Laity which supported the move by a margin of  103 to 92, with five abstaining members.

The two most senior bishops who voted in support of the change, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York said in a statement:

For the first time, the Church of England will publicly, unreservedly, and joyfully welcome same-sex couples in church. As Archbishops, we are committed to respecting the conscience of those for whom this goes too far and to ensure that they have all the reassurances they need in order to maintain the unity of the Church as this conversation continues.

How so? And what “assurance” can you give faithful members of the Church that will assuage their anathema from observing official Church prayers for God’s blessing on a practice they morally oppose on faith-based principles?

“We hope that today’s thoughtful, prayerful debate marks a new beginning for the Church as we seek a way forward,” the bishops continued, [by] “listening to each other and most of all to God. Above all, we continue to pray, as Jesus himself prayed, for the unity of his church and that we would love one another.”

I’m just going to say it: The bishops’ hollow statement was nothing more than transparent and meaningless pandering to Church members opposed to same-sex marriages — at its best (worst).

Barrister and lay General Synod member Daniel Matovu criticized the bishops’ proposal, calling the decision a “fiasco.”

What I have witnessed regarding how the bishops have handled this matter so far I’m afraid to say is a fiasco. This is a false debate. As the key document we should’ve been debating is missing. The bishops say this is about people. It is about much more than that; it’s about the Word of God, and about Jesus Christ — the author and perfecter of our faith.

In 1 John 5:3, it says: ‘This is love for God, to obey his commands.’ Where does the Church get its doctrine on marriage? It comes directly from God. In Genesis II, God the Father instituted marriage as between a man and a woman.

The Bishops cannot see, apparently, that the draft prayers are out of sync with, inconsistent with, and undermine the doctrine of marriage as in Canon B:30. They should have gone to Specsavers, bless them.

Oh, and nice jab at the end.

"This is a fiasco."

Barrister and lay General Synod member Daniel Matovu criticises the bishops' proposals to offer prayers of blessing to those in same-sex relationships. pic.twitter.com/0Wx9i6rzQ3

— Christian Concern (@CConcern) February 9, 2023

Wait — there’s more.

Church bishops also plan to launch a project “on gendered language” surrounding God later this year, which could see phrases such as “Our Father” scrapped in favor of neutral or feminine alternatives after some within the church have claimed that associating God with men has resulted in sexism within the religion. You know, to “create a more inclusive understanding of the deity.”

Gender Neutral God? Church of England to Launch Liturgical Pronoun Project https://t.co/IxnG5CpxTV

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) February 9, 2023

As goes the whole of woke society, so goes the Church of England. And the Church is not the only church on the planet falling headlong into the bottomless pit of wokeism — as God well knows.

The Bottom Line

My bottom line, anyway. I don’t care — nor is it my business — what consenting adults believe or do. That includes with or to other consenting adults, behind closed doors. But I very much care about various disparate groups demanding I embrace — vs. accept — their ideologies, practices, or causes. And don’t get me started on the indoctrination of America’s children by school systems we used to trust.

‘Nuff said.