



While Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer celebrate their homo matrimony, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (pictured, looking every bit a lady) has been worrying over a possible Anglican schism.
As loyal readers of Queerty, you're well aware of the dramas facing the 77 million Christian coalition. Most recently, homo-hating Archbishop Peter Akinola enticed a number of US-based Episcopal churches to join his Nigeria-based camp. He and other leaders from the developing world have joined in opposition to openly gay Gene Robinson's 2003 ascension to Bishop of New Hampshire and the officiation of (gasp! a female!) Katharine Jefferts Schori as head of the US Episcopalians.
Just weeks away from an international Anglican meeting in Tanzania, Williams told Britain's ITV:
And because I am an ordinary, sinful human being, I fear the situation slipping out of my control, such as it is... I fear schism, not because I think it's the worst thing in the world but because, at this particular juncture, it's going to be bad for us. It's going to drive people into recrimination and bitterness.The beleagued holy man went on to say:
We can't take it for granted that the Anglican Communion will go on as it always has been... Of course that's unsettling, of course that's painful for everybody, but there's no way of moving on without asking the hard questions.Considering Akinola and his brethren refuse to accept gays and female leaders, it's unlikely any of those hard questions will have easy answers.
Williams' statements come hot on the heels of a controversy concerning gay Church of England priests who have married without passing celibacy tests and wide speculation over his ability to lead the international group.
Damn, things sure are shitty for Williams these days. Our advice: have a spliff, take a bath and pray things work out for the best. If that doesn't work: convert to Satanism - then you'd actually have a chance in hell.
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