The Most Rev. Jt Welby, new lear of the worldwi Anglin Communn, spoke ahead of his enthronement at Canterbury Cathedral, admtg that he has been "eply challenged" by the strong relatnships his gay iends have, but mataed the church's support for tradnal marriage.
Contents:
- JT WELBY ‘AFFIRMS VALIDY’ OF 1998 GAY SEX IS S CLARATN
- ANGLIN HEAD JT WELBY ADMS GAY FRIENDS' 'LOVG RELATNSHIPS' HAVE CHALLENGED HIM
JT WELBY ‘AFFIRMS VALIDY’ OF 1998 GAY SEX IS S CLARATN
Dixon (Sam Rockwell) is a rather dimwted, racist p wh a vlent streak; some thk he may be gay bee he reads ic books and still liv wh his weather-beaten, beer-drkg mother, Momma Dixon (Sandy Mart).
ANGLIN HEAD JT WELBY ADMS GAY FRIENDS' 'LOVG RELATNSHIPS' HAVE CHALLENGED HIM
Welby duced that Lorg was stgglg wh “homosexual tennci, ” and tidily wrapped up another week’s show by assurg his patient that he uld w his battle agast such aberrant urg and someday be “normal.
”For a program that prid self on s up-to-the-mute medil rmatn (the Amerin Amy of Fay Physicians vetted every script for medil verisiu), the Lorg episo seemed strangely unaware of the tense natnal bate gog on jt then over homosexualy.
That awarens was raised a hurry: The Gay Activist Alliance staged a s- at ABC’s New York offic, and on the day of the broadst, activists picketed the Los Angel County Medil Associatn and lled Marc Welby a “quack. Still, the ti was movg rapidly; that same year the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn formally voted to amend the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs to remove any mentn of homosexualy as a “disease. This sparked an angry rponse om gay advot objectg to the suggtn that all pedophil were gay.