It Was Only a Matter of Time: Akinola Calls for C of E to be Suspended

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2 responses to “It Was Only a Matter of Time: Akinola Calls for C of E to be Suspended”

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   2005-08-01

   Barry Fernelius

   I’m confused. The official stance of the Church of England says that clergy can register partnerships, but they’re not allowed to engage in sex. Yes, I can hear the sniggering going on out in blogland, but I know gay (and straight) folks who are still partners but they don’t have sex anymore.
   If the clergy who register don’t have sex, how are folks like Bishop Akinola able to condemn them? If there’s no sex, there’s no sin, even if you take a fairly conservative view of this stuff. Bishop Akinola is assuming that all the clergy who register are liars. I’m not naive enough to suppose that all of them are telling the truth, but I would suspect that a large number of them are willing to make a sacrifice to gain the benefits associated with registration.
   To me, this makes me suspect that the rift in the Anglican Communion has little to do with homosexuals or biblical interpretation. It’s all about earthly POWER – and we all know the evil that lurks when men lust after power.
   Lord have mercy.
   Christ have mercy.
   Lord have mercy.

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   2005-08-02

   Cathie

   The most charitable comment I can make about ++Peter Akinola is that he is a troubled, misguided soul.
   He’s also forgetting that the C of E is at least the titular head of the Anglican Communion. Rather than asking that the C of E be suspended, Akinola should remove his province from the Communion if he’s so unhappy.

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