{"id":20970,"date":"2014-01-30T10:51:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T15:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=20970"},"modified":"2014-01-30T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:48:26","slug":"archbishops-of-canterbury-and-york-call-for-pastoral-care-for-homosexuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/archbishops-of-canterbury-and-york-call-for-pastoral-care-for-homosexuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishops of Canterbury and York call for pastoral care for homosexuals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ<\/p>\n

In recent days, questions have been asked about the Church of England\u2019s attitude to new legislation in several countries that penalises people with same-sex attraction. In answer to these questions, we have recalled the common mind of the Primates of the Anglican Communion, as expressed in the Dromantine Communiqu\u00e9 of 2005.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 Communiqu\u00e9 said;<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2026.we wish to make it quite clear that in our discussion and assessment of moral appropriateness of specific human behaviours, we continue unreservedly to be committed to the pastoral support and care of homosexual people.<\/p>\n

The victimisation or diminishment of human beings whose affections happen to be ordered towards people of the same sex is anathema to us. We assure\u00a0homosexual people that they are children of God, loved and valued by Him and deserving the best we can give – pastoral care and friendship.\u2019<\/p>\n

We hope that the pastoral care and friendship that the Communiqu\u00e9 described is accepted and acted upon in the name of the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n

We call upon the leaders of churches in such places to demonstrate the love of Christ and the affirmation of which the Dromantine communiqu\u00e9 speaks.”<\/p>\n

Yours in Christ,<\/p>\n

+Justin Cantuar\u00a0\u00a0 +Sentamu Eboracensis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The church, once again, is permitting its agenda to be set more by cultural priorities \u2013 and there can be little doubt that our society is obsessively preoccupied with homosexuality – than God\u2019s. If it were the other way around, I can\u2019t help suspecting that there would be at least the occasional ecclesiastical Communiqu\u00e9 calling for protection for the unborn. But that, of course, is not something that would be universally popular and the last thing that Western Anglicanism is interested in is being less than culturally relevant.<\/i><\/p>\n

As expected, the emphasis is on pastoral care for same-sex attracted individuals \u2013 so long as no one is encouraged to resist<\/i> same-sex attraction. This will inexorably lead, as we have discovered in North America, to blanket approval of homosexual activity within committed<\/em>, faithful<\/em>, monogamous<\/em> relationships<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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