Why gay bishops have to lie

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By NewsdeskJanuary 6, 2013 Article

Sex between partners is a precious truth, but the Church of England's absurd rule makes dishonesty moral.

‘So, bishop, are you having sex with your partner?’

I can’t imagine anyone asking that question with a straight face.

And what constitutes sex anyway? Snogging? Toe-sucking? (Is there a Church of England position on this?) Yet the new line from the C of E – ludicrously, that gay men in civil partnerships can be bishops as long as they refrain from sex (or to put it another way, we’ll have gay bishops as long as they are not really gay) raises the question: how on earth will the authorities ever find out? A CCTV in every bedroom?

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