Church of England is split over US plan to remove ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ from marriage service to make it more gay-friendly – Daily Mail May 2, 2018 by Fulcrum The Church of England is split of US plans to remove 'husband' and 'wife' from its marriage service in favour of gender neutral pronouns, in a bid to make it more gay-friendly. Rod Ardehali for Mailonline. 1 May 2018 FulcrumShareTweetShare