{"id":106369,"date":"2021-10-27T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106369"},"modified":"2021-10-27T18:30:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T22:30:51","slug":"the-archbishop-of-canterburys-statement-on-a-proposed-bill-before-the-ghanaian-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106369","title":{"rendered":"The Archbishop of Canterbury’s statement on a Proposed Bill before the Ghanaian Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

From there<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI am gravely concerned by the draft anti-LGBTQ+ Bill due to be debated by the Ghanaian parliament. I will be speaking with the Archbishop of Ghana in the coming days to discuss the Anglican Church of Ghana\u2019s response to the Bill. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of Anglicans within the global Anglican Communion are committed to upholding both the traditional teaching on marriage as laid out in the 1998 Lambeth Conference Resolution I:10, and the rights of every person, regardless of sexual orientation, before the law. In Resolution I:10, the Anglican Communion also made a commitment \u201cto assure [LGBTQ+ people] that they are loved by God and that all baptised, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ.\u201d Meanwhile on numerous occasions the Primates of the Anglican Communion have stated their opposition to the criminalisation of same-sex attracted people: most recently, and unanimously, in the communiqu\u00e9 of the 2016 Primates\u2019 Meeting. <\/p>\n

\u201cI remind our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Church of Ghana of these commitments. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a global family of churches, but the mission of the church is the same in every culture and country: to demonstrate, through its actions and words, God\u2019s offer of unconditional love to every human being through Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I am gravely concerned by the draft anti-LGBTQ+ Bill due to be debated by the Ghanaian parliament. I will be speaking with the Archbishop of Ghana in the coming days to discuss the Anglican Church of Ghana\u2019s response to the Bill. <\/p>\n

My full statement: https:\/\/t.co\/WcQMKzBseg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n