Letters:<strong> Ian Gordon</strong>, <strong>Stephen Evans,</strong> <strong>William Bartram</strong> and <strong>Meirn Bowen</strong> rpond to Archbishop Jt Welby’s affirmatn that gay sex is a s
Contents:
- GAY ANGLINS THE ACNA
- THE ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS
- ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
GAY ANGLINS THE ACNA
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On 7 June 2003 Gene Robson be the first openly gay bishop the Epispal church of the US; on 3 Augt 2022 Archbishop Jt Welby “affirms validy” of the 1998 Lambeth claratn that homosexual relatnships are patible wh scripture (Jt Welby ‘affirms validy’ of 1998 gay sex is s claratn, 2 Augt). Ian GordonFolktone, Kent The affirmatn that gay sex is a s will e much nsternatn, cludg among many Anglins who regnise the sufferg that this regrsive posn has flicted on gay people. William BartramHampton, Greater London I spect that a lot of people will share my disgt at the affirmatn that gay sex is a s.
In an unual move, the Archbishop of Canterbury has nmned a senr Nigerian archbishop for homophobic ments.
But Jt Welby's posn on gay Christians and same-sex marriage remas unclear. In a statement published on his webse on Friday, the Archbishop of Canterbury has nounced the Nigerian archbishop the Most Reverend Henry C Nduba for likeng homosexualy to a “adly vis”. If the Anglin Church mak pronouncements on the matter of homosexualy, they tend to be eher nmnatory or, more recently, half-hearted.
THE ANGLIN CHURCH’S ‘KICK THE GUTS’ TO GAY PARISHNERS
In an unual move, the Archbishop of Canterbury has nmned a senr Nigerian archbishop for homophobic ments. But Jt Welby's posn on gay Christians and same-sex marriage remas unclear. * anglican gay *
They have ually appeased neher the fahful nor the gay populatn. Unfortunately, for anyone hopg that the Church may have reversed s posn on same-sex attractn and that this was the first olive branch, Welby softened the blow by cg two paragraphs of a rolutn om the 1998 Lambeth Conference: one of the paragraphs affirms that to be homosexual is to live opposn to scripture; a subsequent paragraph stat that the nference nnot approve of the blsg of same-sex unns.
ALL 4 NY EPISPAL BISHOP NDIDAT WILL ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE IF ELECTED
The Nigerian archbishop was rpondg to a 'pastoral' statement ma on January 19 by the Anglin Church of North Ameri (ACNA), which, although affirmed the Christian stance that same-sex attractn is patible wh scripture, acknowledged that gay people have been ma to feel visible by the Church.