From The London Guardian-
The report of the Commission on the Christian Doctrine of Marriage unanimously recommends that the Church should find out if there is enough support – "a moral consensus" – for such a major change in its discipline. If so, Church law should be changed.
The report will be one of the most controversial produced for years. It now goes to the General Synod, the Church's parliament, where opinions are deeply divided on remarriage. Any revision of ecclesiastical law could take several years. Altogether the Church has been debating its attitude to marriage "casualties" for 100 years. The commission denies that the Church is being asked to bow to secular pressures, or to drag along, lamely and complacently, at the heels of the State.
If the General Synod, after consultation, decides to permit the remarriage, "it would be an acknowledgment of human weakness and a declaration of faith in God's forgiveness and re-creative power." It would strengthen marriage generally.
The report adds: "We believe the grace which God may bestow in a first marriage He may also bestow in a second marriage. Certainly, such a second marriage could not be a witness to the permanent nature of marriage in the same way as an unbroken first marriage can be, but it could become a permanent union, and it could bear eloquent witness to the true nature of marriage in other ways." Again, it asserts: "It is possible that those who say that to remarry in church would cause offence to the Christian conscience may find failure to do so causes greater offence."
More here-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/apr/22/archive-church-of-england-revises-divorce-law-1971
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