Can these people read? In the report at the end of the conference they say that:
we believe that all those who adopt the Covenant must be in compliance with Lambeth 1.10Now, I can believe that they want people to follow b and e
in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and believes that abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage;
cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same gender unions;but have they read c & d?
recognises that there are among us persons who experience themselves as having a homosexual orientation. Many of these are members of the Church and are seeking the pastoral care, moral direction of the Church, and God's transforming power for the living of their lives and the ordering of relationships. We commit ourselves to listen to the experience of homosexual persons and we wish to assure them 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;
while rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture, calls on all our people to minister pastorally and sensitively to all irrespective of sexual orientation and to condemn irrational fear of homosexuals, violence within marriage and any trivialisation and commercialisation of sex;Somehow I don't think that the global south are doing that:
Same sex marriage, apart from being ungodly, is unscriptural, unnatural, unprofitable, unhealthy, un-cultural, un-African and un-Nigerian. It is a perversion, a deviation and an aberration that is capable of engendering moral and social holocaust in this country. It is also capable of existincting [sic] mankind and as such should never be allowed to take root in Nigeria. Outlawing it is to ensure the continued existence of this nation. The need for doing this is urgent, compelling, and imperative. Archbishop Akinola quoted in the GuardianNow, I don't want Lambeth 1.10 applied - but for people who claim to want to make it a touchstone to not apply it themselves...
Excellent post!
ReplyDeleteYou mean that saying someones sexuality is a deviance, a perversion and an abberation is NOT pastoral and sensitive? Surely you aren't saying that a simple claim that gays could lead to the extinction of the entire human race amounts to "an irrational fear of homosexuals"?
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