The Two Peters

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Via Change.org/TheTwoPeters

Peter felt he had found a home and new family when he joined St Mary’s Church, West Armidale several years ago. Last year, Peter married his partner in accordance with the Marriage Act and Peter's husband joined the organising committee for St Mary’s 125th anniversary.

But recently, the two men were advised by the Dean of the Cathedral that they are not "living in a Biblical manner" and were barred from continuing in their roles. This action is supported by the Bishop of the Armidale Diocese.

The two men cannot accept these conditions ...

Via Change.org/TheTwoPeters

Peter felt he had found a home and new family when he joined St Mary’s Church, West Armidale several years ago. Last year, Peter married his partner in accordance with the Marriage Act and Peter's husband joined the organising committee for St Mary’s 125th anniversary.

But recently, the two men were advised by the Dean of the Cathedral that they are not "living in a Biblical manner" and were barred from continuing in their roles. This action is supported by the Bishop of the Armidale Diocese.

The two men cannot accept these conditions, and as their friends and fellow parishioners, we stand with them. Peter and his husband have brought nothing but happiness, love, and care to St Mary's. We value them as members of the congregation, and could not bear to see their loving marriage ended.

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In 2017, Australia voted YES to marriage equality. But four years later, a same-sex married couple in Armidale, NSW, have been forced to leave their roles at St Mary’s Anglican Church in West Armidale.

Please, will you email the Anglican Diocese of Armidale urging them to allow Peter and his husband to return to the congregation who love them, and ask them to be open to and inclusive of ALL?

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Dear Bishop Rod Chiswell & The Very Rev. Chris Brennan,

I am one of the 13,000+ people who has signed the petition (Change.org/TheTwoPeters) to protect two men who have been turned away by the Anglican Diocese of Armidale simply because of who they are, and who they love.

As support for the petition has shown, the treatment of Peter and his husband is out of step with not only many Anglican parishes across the country but with modern Australian society which supports equal rights for all.

Peter brought joy, friendship and support to many through his role at the Church as organist and fulfilling the role of Director of Music. His husband, who he married in accordance with the Marriage Act, joined the organising committee for St Mary’s 125th Anniversary.

But recently the two men were advised that they are not “living in a Biblical manner” and were barred by the Diocese from continuing in their roles.

They were informed by a senior representative that they would need to separate, to live celibately, and that their future church attendance would require Biblical instruction.

The two men cannot accept these conditions and I stand with them.

I respectfully request the Armidale diocese permit these two men to resume their former roles at St Mary’s West Armidale, to be open and inclusive to all; to reject discrimination against the LGBTQIA community and to allow for differences in theology and Biblical interpretation in the Parish.

Thank you

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