Gays working for spiritual integrity within the Church of England and the American Episcopalian Church are this week once again challenging virulently homophobic and hate-minded Anglican leaders, such as Nigerian Bishop Isaac Orama and Archbishop Peter Akinola, at the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference.
Britain's Times Online reports on the continuing moral cowardice of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the face of evil, in contrast to groups such as Integrity:
In spite of attempts by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, to keep homosexuality as low down the agenda as possible, the subject is likely to dominate the conference. Bishop [Gene] Robinson [the openly gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire] is not invited to the conference but is in Canterbury attending fringe events. On Wednesday, the US lobby group Integrity will release a video showing real-life stories of African gay Christians.
A report commissioned by the British gay group Stonewall suggests that "Religious people are more positive towards homosexual people than is claimed by conservative faith leaders." Another finding:
Those interviewed for the report said that new legal protections for lesbian and gay people, including civil partnerships, have had a "civilizing effect" on British society. The increased acceptance of gay people on a national and political level has also had a positive impact on attitudes at a local level, they said."
3 Comments for “The Battle of Britain”
posted by The Gay Species on
Archbishop of Canterbury even suggested admitting Sharia Law in place of British Common Law. That’s not latitudinarian, it is outrageous, only someone in religious incoherence would dare to proclaim, with his fellow clergy: rabbis, imams, popes, and televangelists. Compromise with the Devil is often the only way religion works. Imagine, if WE were taxed to support this hypocrite in his highness, as the official Church of England? Well, Bush comes close.
posted by Richard II on
As I understand the Archbisops comments, was that he was suggesting that something could be set up, similar to what already exists for more traditonalist Christians and Jews.
A Muslim would have the option to seek a judgement from a relious court for certain matters. Just as a Catholic can seek an annulement from their Church or an Orthodox Jew…
posted by Craig2 on
Actually, Archbishop Orama is a Ugandan. However, within New Zealand Anglicanism, there’s a growing mood of suspicion that the fundamentalist faction aren’t committed to the welfare of the whole communion at all.
And incidentally, the so-called Global South of the Anglican Communion was poisoned by ‘Anglican’ fundamentalists in Britain and Sydney, Australia, which tend to be the only places within the Anglican Communion that were historical holdouts against women’s ordination. Most New Zealand Anglicans agree with Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans about issues of LGBT ordination and episcopacy.
If the ‘Global South’ fundamentalists want to break away fine, just as long as they don’t expect contributions from western mainstream Anglican churches to finance homophobia.
Craig2
Wellington, NZ