Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams and friends accept the American Episcopal branch's gay restraint.
In a report published last night, the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion writes:
The Communion seems to be converging around a position which says that while it is inappropriate to proceed to public rites of blessing of same-sex unions and to the consecration of bishops who are living in sexual relationships outside of Christian marriage, we need to take seriously our ministry to gay and lesbian people inside the Church and the ending of discrimination, persecution and violence against them.
Not all Anglicans stand behind Williams. Besides Peter Akinola's Global South movement, which would like nothing more than queer banishment, a number of other leaders are disappointed in Williams' soft stance.
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Rowan Williams(we won't say 'bishop' because he is a heretic, that is – not of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of Rome) looks like he has a long, thin, ugly 'member' that is uncut and stinky with cheese!
THANK YOU FATHER WILLIAMS YOU SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS SUCH.THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP EVEN IF YOU ARE STANDIN ALONE.PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT BECAUSE WE ARE GAY AND LESBIAN THAT WE ARE NOT RELIGIOUS.THE LORD SAYS COME AS YOU ARE AND YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THAT.OUR LIVES WERE PRE-DESIGNED BEFORE WE WERE A TWINKLE IN OUR PARENTS EYES.AND WHAT HAPPEN TO JUDGE YE NOT?ONE GOD ONE PEOPLE?ARE WE NOT ALL HIS CHILDREN AND DO WE NOT BLEED RED TOO AS OUR LORD DID?YOU MAKE ME EVEN MORE PROUD TO BE AN ESPICOPALIAN.THE FIRST CHURCH I WENT TO THE BANNER ON THE CHURCH READ "A CHURCH OF ALL PEOPLE"AS WE CAN SEE THE WORLD STILL HAS YET TO LEARN WHAT THAT MEANS IN TIME I'M SURE YOU CAN SPREAD THE MESSAGE.AS LONG AS THERE IS A LINE OF SEPERATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH THIS WILL CONTINUE.YOU CAN'T TRULY BE IN THE FAITH AND PICK AND CHOOSE WHO YOU WANT TO ADMINISTER BLESSING TOO JACKASSES- BE BLESSED FATHER WILLIAMS BE BLESSED,CONTINUE TO DO THE LORDS WORK WHOLE HEARTEDLY.