http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/13/gay-marriage-church-of-england-chaplain-jeremy-pemberton Brave man: "A Church of England chaplain has become the first clergyman to enter a gay marriage, saying afterwards that it had been "a wonderful day". Canon Jeremy Pemberton, a hospital chaplain, who married Laurence Cunnington in front of friends and family at a hotel on Saturday could face disciplinary action from the church. Its House of Bishops' guidance issued in February explicitly bars such unions for clergy on the grounds they undermine traditional teaching that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. It also bars them from conducting gay marriages and from blessing them in church. But Pemberton, 58, told the Mail on Sunday : "I love this man and I want to be married to him, That's what I want. It is the same as anyone who wants to get married.""
