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Canon Fraser was the founder, and is currently the President, of [http://www.inclusivechurch2.net/ Inclusive Church], and is well-known campaigning for lesbian and gay inclusion within the church. |
Canon Fraser was the founder, and is currently the President, of [http://www.inclusivechurch2.net/ Inclusive Church], and is well-known campaigning for lesbian and gay inclusion within the church. |
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In October 2011, [[Occupy London]] based their protest outside St. Paul's. Fraser said that he was happy for people to "exercise their right to protest peacefully" outside the cathedral |
In October 2011, [[Occupy London]] based their protest outside St. Paul's. Fraser said that he was happy for people to "exercise their right to protest peacefully" outside the cathedral<ref name="occupy-london">{{Cite news|date=16 October 2011|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/16/occupy-london-protest-second-day|title=Occupy London protest continues into second day|work=The Guardian|location=London|first=Caroline|last=Davies}}</ref>, even reportedly threatening to resign should forced be used to remove the protesters.<ref>{{cite news|title=St Paul's Cathedral set to reopen after Occupy London shuffles tents|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/26/st-pauls-reopen-occupy-london|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27/10/2011|author=Riazat Butt|author2=Sam Jones|author3=James Ball}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Tony Benn Giles Fraser Levellers Day Burford 20080517.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tony Benn]] and Fraser speaking at Levellers day in Burford]] |
[[Image:Tony Benn Giles Fraser Levellers Day Burford 20080517.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tony Benn]] and Fraser speaking at Levellers day in Burford]] |
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The Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser is Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. As Canon Chancellor, Dr Fraser fulfils the role of Canon Residentiary, with special responsibility for contemporary ethics and engagement with the City of London as a financial centre. He is also the director of St Paul's Institute.
Fraser is widely known as a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day. Since 2004, he has had a weekly column in the Church Times. He has written regularly for The Guardian as well as for the Daily Mail and the Socialist Worker.
From 1997–2006, he was Chaplain, and then a Lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. Fraser is the author and co-author of several books, and is a specialist on the writings of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
He is also a regular lecturer on moral leadership for the British Army at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham. From 2000 to 2009, he was the Team Rector of St Mary’s Putney, where he led a successful campaign to raise the national profile of the Putney Debates
Canon Fraser was the founder, and is currently the President, of Inclusive Church, and is well-known campaigning for lesbian and gay inclusion within the church.
In October 2011, Occupy London based their protest outside St. Paul's. Fraser said that he was happy for people to "exercise their right to protest peacefully" outside the cathedral[1], even reportedly threatening to resign should forced be used to remove the protesters.[2]
References
- ^ Davies, Caroline (16 October 2011). "Occupy London protest continues into second day". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Riazat Butt; Sam Jones; James Ball (27/10/2011). "St Paul's Cathedral set to reopen after Occupy London shuffles tents". The Guardian.
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External links
- Writing for The Guardian
- St Paul's Cathedral website
- The Jewish Chronicle: The Anglican Priest who had a bris
- Daily Telegraph: Pro-gay Vicar of Putney made an African Canon
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