Archbishop of Canterbury condemns recent violence against lesbian and gay people

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Archbishop of Canterbury condemns recent violence against lesbian and gay people
Posted On : April 9, 2008 5:26 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO
Related Categories: Lambeth

In response to reports of violence and threats towards Christians involved in the debate on human sexuality, the Archbishop of Canterbury has given the following statement:

“The threats recently made against the leaders of Changing Attitudes are disgraceful. The Anglican Communion has repeatedly, through the Lambeth Conference and the statements from its Primates’ Meetings, unequivocally condemned violence and the threat of violence against gay and lesbian people. I hope that this latest round of unchristian bullying will likewise be universally condemned.”

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See the Lead's coverage of these threats provided earlier today.

The Lead stands ready to post condemnations of this violence or Christian on Muslim violence in Nigeria should such condemnations come from the Anglican Church of Nigeria or CANA, its North American partner.

Posted by JB Chilton on April 9, 2008 1:16 PM | |
Comments (2)

Thank God. As one who continues to find Rowan Williams a remarkable and challenging teacher/scholar, I'm so glad to see him distinguishing that role and the leader. Violence against LGBT people wouldn't be served by nuance or subtlety. I wish he'd expressed his 'hope' for universal condemnation of the violence as an explicit call to every primate, but as we watch to see if the violence is 'universally condemned,' watching particularly for response from Nigeria's primate and our sometime bishops Robert Duncan and John-David Schofield, I'm glad at least that Rowan's 'hope' for this universal condemnation is explicit. A beginning perhaps.

Posted by Donald Schell [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 9, 2008 1:33 PM

In the conservative blogs, Kendall is supportive of the ABC's statement,
http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/11646/

while in stark contrast at Stand Firm there is skepticism and barely concealed contempt,
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/11630/

and here,
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/11651/

Posted by John B. Chilton [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 10, 2008 9:04 AM

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