{"id":184884,"date":"2023-12-18T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=184884"},"modified":"2023-12-18T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:00:43","slug":"couples-will-be-asked-if-they-want-to-be-called-husband-and-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/couples-will-be-asked-if-they-want-to-be-called-husband-and-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Couples will be asked if they want to be called &apos;husband and wife&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Couples getting married will be asked if they want to be called &#8216;husband and wife&#8217; under new &#8216;inclusive language&#8217; Church guidelines<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ministers advised to use &#8216;gender-neutral language&#8217; such as &#8216;folks&#8217; and &#8216;friends&#8217;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Couples getting married will be asked if they want to be called &#8216;husband and wife&#8217; under new woke Church guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of new &#8216;inclusive language&#8217; rules published by The Methodist Church, which warns that old-fashioned terminology &#8216;makes assumptions about a family or personal life that is not the reality for many people&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance also advises preachers to share their pronouns with congregation members &#8216;to create a safe space for people to be themselves.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the guide ministers can &#8216;subconsciously use phrases that may be misinterpreted as us favouring one sex over another.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Instead they should use &#8216;gender-neutral language&#8217;, opting for words such as &#8216;folks, teammates, friends, colleagues, or simply people&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/18\/79096777-12878013-image-a-4_1702923404588.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Under new &#8216;woke&#8217; Church guidelines, couples will be asked if they want to be called &#8216;husband and wife&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/18\/79096791-12878013-image-a-5_1702923408069.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The guidance also advises preachers to share their pronouns with congregation members &#8216;to create a safe space for people to be themselves<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/18\/79096827-12878013-image-a-6_1702923410840.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ministers are asked to use &#8216;gender-neutral language&#8217; and avoid using phrases that could be &#8216;misinterpreted as us favouring one sex over another&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/18\/79096783-12878013-image-a-7_1702923414014.jpg\" height=\"666\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Another section entitled &#8216;Disabled and Neurodiverse people&#8217; states that requesting people to stand &#8216;if they are able&#8217; can create a\u00a0&#8216;normalised expectation that people should stand&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It adds: &#8216;People of different genders may choose to use a gender-neutral title such as Mx&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In the section titled &#8216;Disabled and Neurodiverse people&#8217; the guide states that requesting for people stand &#8216;if they are able&#8217; can create a &#8216;normalised expectation that people should stand&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This may be dangerous for those who are &#8216;pushing themselves physically&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the reasons behind the new pamphlet the writers said: &#8216;Speaking, worshipping and writing in an inclusive way is about engaging positively with as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the guide&#8217;s controversy, the Methodist Church told The Sun: &#8216;Our guide helps the church hold conversations without inadvertently causing upset.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12878013\/Couples-getting-married-asked-want-called-husband-wife-new-inclusive-language-Church-guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couples getting married will be asked if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Couples will be asked if they want to be called &amp;apos;husband and wife&amp;apos; 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