Homosexuality in HP Series: Was: Snape as the lover of Regulus Black

[Isobel Stark]

No: HPFGUIDX 153889

Leslie41:
> > And the fact that she's a member of the Church of Scotland (as
> > opposed to the Catholic Church or Southern Baptist, for example)
> > actually means she's a member of a church that is quite open
> > minded when it comes to homosexuals and homosexual behavior, and
> > even homosexual marriages and clergy.


Somebody else in this thread stated that JKR was an Anglican.  The
Church of Scotland is not Anglican, it is a Presbyterian church and
quite separate in its theology from the Church of England.  Both are
the official, established churches in their own country but they are
not the same church.  The Church of Scotland is not part of the
Anglician communion.  The Anglican/Epsicopalian church in Scotland is
the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Admittedly there is much too-ing and fro-ing between the established
churches as far as congregations are concerned (for example the Queen,
heand of the Church of England and a confirmed Anglican, worships at
Church of Scotland kirks when in Scotland) but there are sharp
differences in practices between the two churches.

The Church of Scotland's General Assembly has voted this year to allow
ministers to hold services to mark same-sex civil partnerships (not
the same as allowing marriage within the church) but each local Kirk
has the right to vote on this as well before it becomes policy.  The
Church of Scotland has not, to my knowledge, said that gay ministers
are acceptable whereas the Scottish Episcopal Church did in 2005.

Isobel