A Scottish reverend is experiencing backlash after urging his congregants in a blog post to pray for 4-year-old Prince George to be gay.

The post, written by Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth, a senior member of the Scottish Episcopal Church and avid LGBTQ rights champion, said that Christians who support same-sex marriage need to pray for Prince George to be gay so that one day the Church of England will have to recognize same-sex unions.

The reverend's words, entitled "How to change the Church of England," was originally published two years ago and resurfaced after Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle announced their engagement last week.

He said that churchgoers need to "pray in the privacy of their hearts…for the Lord to bless Prince George with a love, when he grows up, of a fine young gentleman."

Holdsworth's theory is if the toddler is gay, then the Church of England will have to acknowledge him and change its stance. Marriage among same-sex couples has been legal in England since 2013 but it is not allowed within the Royal family's church.

"A royal wedding might sort things out remarkably easily," the priest said, "though we might have to wait 25 years for that to happen. Who knows whether that might be sooner than things might work out by other means?"

Prince George is currently third in line for the British throne behind his grandfather, Prince Charles, and his father, Prince William.