{"id":19199,"date":"2013-04-17T23:25:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T03:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=19199"},"modified":"2013-04-17T23:25:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T03:25:24","slug":"justin-welby-to-meet-peter-tatchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/justin-welby-to-meet-peter-tatchell\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Welby to meet Peter Tatchell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The new archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will hold talks with gay rights leader Peter Tatchell on Thursday (April 18), less than a month after the Australian-born activist called Welby “homophobic” for his opposition to same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

“I applaud the archbishop’s willingness to engage in dialogue, all the more because he comes from the conservative wing of the Church of England,” Tatchell said in an interview. “I hope our meeting is not mere window dressing and good PR for the church. I’m expecting more than tea and sympathy.”<\/p>\n

Tatchell, 61, said that his aim would be to persuade the new archbishop — who is also head of the world’s 77 million-member Anglican Communion — to embrace “a new historic compromise with the gay community.”<\/p>\n

“Discrimination is not a Christian value,” he said. “The archbishop should therefore oppose all discrimination against gay people, including the ban on same-sex civil marriage.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is so much wrong with this, it\u2019s hard to know where to begin; still, here goes:<\/p>\n

Tatchell, the non-Christian has taken it upon himself to instruct Welby, the Christian, on what Christian values are: \u00a0“Discrimination is not a Christian value.<\/i>” This is reported unquestioningly, as if it\u2019s to be expected.<\/p>\n

Tatchell, arbiter of contemporary virtues, magnanimously congratulates Welby on his willingness to engage in dialogue<\/i> while giving an indelible impression that it is he, Tatchell, who is granting Welby an audience, not vice versa.<\/p>\n

Rather than Welby, the Christian, evangelising Tatchell the homosexual activist, Tatchell is evangelising Welby: Tatchell, 61, said that his aim would be to persuade the new archbishop \u2026. to embrace “a new historic compromise with the gay community.”<\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s transparently obvious that when it comes to claiming even a vestige of moral authority, the Church of England has thrown in the towel, preferring, instead, to seek approval and guidance from a homosexual activist who claims to be suffering from brain damage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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