Archbishop Of Canterbury: Gay Relationships "Comparable To Marriage"

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Rowan Williams: gay relationships 'comparable to marriage'
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams


The strength of Rowan Williams’s views will astonish his critics
Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent


Rowan Williams believes that gay sexual relationships can “reflect the love of God” in a way that is comparable to marriage, The Times has learnt.

Gay partnerships pose the same ethical questions as those between a man and woman and the key issue for Christians is that they are faithful and lifelong, he believes.

Dr Williams is known to be personally liberal on the issue but the strength of his views, revealed in private correspondence shown to The Times, will astonish his critics.

The disclosure threatens to reopen bitter divisions over ordaining gay priests which pushed the Anglican Communion towards a split, as conservatives seek uphold the Biblical opposition to homosexuality.

As Archbishop of Canterbury, he recommitted the Anglican Communion to its orthodox position that homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture at the Lambeth Conference which closed on Sunday.

In an exchange of letters with an evangelical Christian, written eight years ago when he was Archbishop of Wales, Dr Williams describes his belief that Biblical passages criticising homosexual sex are not aimed at people who are gay by nature.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4473814.ece

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1. I'm beginning to think the Church would be better-off with the split

They should make claim to all the Wealth of the Anglican Church (land and money) and just let the reich-wingers go.