Since February last year, his position has implicitly shifted. For he has remained in post, as Synod has introduced a new policy, that the Church may bless same-sex couples. The evangelicals see this as undermining the traditional teaching. No, Welby and most of the other bishops have said, there is no planned change to the doctrine of marriage. But the evangelicals are obviously right that the innovation implies the acceptability of gay relationships. The archbishop of York has said that sex is permissible in stable relationships, straight or gay. This is the reformist position, seemingly held by most of the senior bishops.
Astonishingly, Welby has now said the same thing.
Justin Welby has made a huge shift on homosexuality https://t.co/N3wr9IBaba
— Simon Sarmiento (@simonsarmiento) October 28, 2024