Communion, Covenant and our Anglican Future – the Archbishop of Canterbury

Posted on July 29, 2009 
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Archbishop Rowan WilliamsReflections on the Episcopal Church’s 2009 General Convention from the Archbishop of Canterbury –

“the question is not a simple one of human rights or human dignity. It is that a certain choice of lifestyle has certain consequences. So long as the Church Catholic, or even the Communion as a whole does not bless same-sex unions, a person living in such a union cannot without serious incongruity have a representative function in a Church whose public teaching is at odds with their lifestyle. …”

– Read the Archbishop’s full comments at the Anglican Communion News Service.

(Photo of Abp Rowan Williams at ACC-14: ACNS.)