The Archbishop of Wales has publicly called on Anglicans to support gay civil marriages arguing that the church’s record on equality has made homosexual men and women often feel “unwanted, unloved and sinful”.
Dr Barry Morgan made his comments during an impassioned plea for Anglicans to be more tolerant towards homosexuals during a meeting of the church’s governing body in Llandudno. Recognising that he was “entering minefield” by bringing up the subject Dr Morgan said: “We have to acknowledge that the record of the church in its dealings with same sex issues has not been good."
He added: "The question then as now is, will the church protect and support pastorally, faithful, stable, lifelong relationships of whatever kind in order to encourage human values such as love and fidelity and recognise the need in Christian people for some public religious support?”
The 64-year-old bishop took over as head of the church in Wales when his predecessor Rowan Williams was promoted to Archbishop of Canterbury.
Umm..... leeks?
ReplyDeleteHave I forgotten something about Wales I'm supposed to know??
(I'm a bit under the weather here so my brain isn't working all that well. Can't figure this one out...)
Oh, yes. And I think the world of Dr Morgan. (I could wish he needed a nun....)
Oh, damn! It's the freakin' national EMBLEM.
ReplyDeleteSheesh.
For what it's worth, I think I'd have remembered the daffodil more quickly.
ReplyDelete(Trying to redeem myself here.)
The daffodil isn't anywhere near as funny and doesn't have the same "nudge nudge, wink, wink" factor I was after :-)
ReplyDeletethe daffodil which has place of honor in our homes here on St. David's Day.
ReplyDeletecould be the influence of Quebecois cuisine, but leeks are for soup in our family! lol
OH, shoot, I keep forgetting I can't listen and post a comment at the same time anymore. Drat. Anyway, the leeks took me a second but I love it. And the song? Yes, not what I expect from a protest song. But nice.
ReplyDeleteOH bother, of course I put the two posts together. I give up. Too many hours on the road tonight with a Diocesan House Program and Budget meeting in between. Night, night, y'all.
ReplyDeleteJust like a bloody Welshman, to take a leek in his own hat.
ReplyDeleteQuite an old picture. Those Web Belts haven't been worn since the 1960's.
ReplyDeleteDon't the roots of the leeks tickle their faces? It would drive me crazy.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the Most Rev. Dr. Morgan would be a much better choice for ABC than what we've got now :/
ReplyDeleteCareful, David . . . that's what we thought about the last one.
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