Bishop of Grantham Nicholas Chamberlain this morning changed his Facebook relationship to: “it’s complicated!” Although being in a relationship with a man he stresses that this is a celibate relationship, and his relationship with Jesus, the main man in his life, remains unchanged.
Some in the C of E will now be worried this could open the floodgates to acceptance of same-sex marriage of company staff and the onset of the Apocalypse.
This development will not go unnoticed by papers like The Telegraph and Daily Mail, who will be taking the opportunity to stoke up deep-set traditional prejudices in a bid to sell copies.
Social media was mainly quiet on the story, with a few comments saying “meh” and “whatevs”.