Fresh from a day and a half of closed-door talks in New Orleans with American and overseas Anglican bishops, the archbishop of Canterbury on Friday downplayed the risk that the Episcopal church faces imminent expulsion from the Anglican Communion over its inclusion of gay and lesbian Christians.
But the depth of overseas Anglicans’ displeasure was evident in remarks by a Middle Eastern bishop, who told the Americans that “some (Anglicans) say you are a different church; others even think that you are a different religion.”
Archbishop Rowan Williams said talks with U.S. bishops had helped him understand their theological reasons for wishing to sanctify faithful homosexual behavior. But closed-door exchanges between the liberal Americans and a delegation representing some conservative Anglican provinces overseas were often “uncomfortably hard,” he said.
There is no way anyone–even the Archbishop of Canterbury–can “sanctify” any kind of homosexual behaviour or acts. This is a delusion promoted by addled Christian clergy brainwashed by the power of the mass media in the United States. This issue is no more negotionable than whether fornication, adultery, theft, or murder can be somehow “sanctified” if the right words of blessing are spoken by a culture co-opted parson. The liberal Episcopal Church can vote and teach any heretical way it wants to, but it won’t turn a vice into virtue– it will only destroy its own future.
#1 Your words are plain enough to me. Nuff Said!