{"id":18669,"date":"2013-02-04T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T21:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=18669"},"modified":"2013-02-04T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T21:10:52","slug":"justin-welby-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/justin-welby-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Welby: marriage is between a man and a woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The new Archbishop of Canterbury will today issue a challenge to David Cameron by voicing opposition to gay marriage on the eve of the first parliamentary vote on the controversial new law.<\/p>\n

In his first official day as leader of the Church of England, the Rt Rev Justin Welby is expected to say that marriage should remain “between a man and a woman”.<\/p>\n

As MPs prepare for the vote on gay marriage tomorrow, Bishop Welby will give his first interviews after being officially confirmed in the post at a ceremony in St Paul’s Cathedral in London.<\/p>\n

“If asked, he will say that marriage is between a man and a woman, and always has been,” a source close to Bishop Welby said last night, adding that the Archbishop was expecting to be asked for his views and had prepared his response.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Justin Welby can challenge David Cameron until the cows come home and it won\u2019t make any difference. Challenging the government is easy for an Anglican bishop because no-one in the government cares, is listening or believes it will make a whit of difference. Archbishops of Canterbury have been whining at governments for centuries about one thing or another – to no effect other than to create the illusion that they are busy doing something<\/em>. What is less easy \u2013 and more relevant for the church \u2013 is a challenge to the North American bishops who promote homosexual marriage.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Welby is just practicing on David Cameron before getting down to the real business of sorting out the likes of Katharine Jefferts-Schori and Fred Hiltz; I\u2019m not particularly optimistic that that is the case, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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