Are you Catholic? I'm only asking because your reference to King Henry VIII in this context seems to concern his being the first ruler of a major Christian kingdom to change the state religion from Catholic to Protestant.
Still, if there were no doctrinal differences between the Catholic Church and the Protestant reformers there would not have been a schism, would there?
Schism: a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
Now I agree that God's commandments (what you refer to as "law") are non-negotiable. The problem appears to rest with interpreting what is, and is not, "God's Law."
A prime example? God was absolutely clear, even going so far as to personally etch it in stone, that "Thou Shalt Not Kill." Yet nearly every Christian sect has found some Biblical interpretation to justify killing for one purpose or another.
Now you have inserted yourself into a response to another member, and have self-identified as one of the people I referred to. Remember that; it was YOU who self-identified as one who might; and I quote myself:
That is not a judgment, merely an observation.
No, I am not Catholic; I am an Evangelical. So, in your quest to want to put people in buckets, chomp on a Liberal that is an Evangelical Christian and then tell me what I think....
If not clear, the history of the Episcopal Church (the American version of the Anglican Church, aka Church of England) includes a questionable, if not out of wedlock (metaphorically speaking) birth. Henry, it seems, did not like the Church telling him he could not divorce. He also did not like another person, the Pope, having any power over him.... in essence, he did not like God's law, so he did the ultimate in bending the Bible, he started his own church.
http://www.religionfacts.com/anglicanism/history
Now, I noticed you chose not to capitalize Bible (which even for those that do not think it holy, its still the name of a book) AND you thought when I spoke of God's Law that I was specifically referring to the Ten Commandments. I was not. This tells me you are not particularly knowledgeable about the Bible. If that is the case, and I believe it is, you have no credibility in telling me that I am bending the Word for my purpose. Moreover, if you were knowledgeable about the Bible, you would at least know my basis for my claim that God's views of homosexual behavior are quite clear. If you actually knew the Bible, your response to me would have been more in line with the rebuttals offered by the Gay community (which are good biblical arguments). No, instead you use you ignorance to try to call me ignorant. Nice try, but I see the whole in your logic. If you would like some verses, I am happy to furnish them.
Now, if you honestly knew me and/or thought about my dilemma as a Evangelical Liberal you would realize that I have done quite the opposite of bending my Bible to my needs.... I am liberal: I am for gay right's, for heaven sake. But, above that, I am a Christian and I believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God (the Word). OK, there is the bending.... I don't believe in legislating morality nor asserting my morality on the secular....that is the reconciliation of my Evangelical Christian beliefs with my liberal politics (happy to elaborate)...
Frankly, this is an issue that perplexes me. I do not understand the concept of homosexuality in God's plan, at all. But, I defer to my God who understands these things that I do not. Unfortunately, the Bible seems abundantly clear on this subject, clearer than with many others (like abortion, for example) so I continue pray about this. BTW.... the Bible is also quite clear that marriage after divorce * is considered adultery, making 2nd marriages a very similar sin on God's eyes. Churches, true to the Word, should welcome neither.
That all said, gay marriage should be the law of the land; but really has no place in the house of God. Moral law is always a higher bar than civil law.
Now, we can certainly have a Biblical discussion on this subject and you can tell me what I am twisting to my ends; but it seems pretty clear this all about your lack of understanding, not mine.
BTW... the correct interpretation is "...thou shalt not
MURDER"
http://biblehub.com/exodus/20-13.htm
http://www.biblestudy.org/question/what-does-thou-shall-not-kill-mean.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_kill