Conservative politician Ann Widdecombe questions the Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n
Q: \u201cis homosexuality wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
A: \u201cI am not going to answer that straightforwardly because it\u2019s a complex question.\u201d<\/p>\n
He goes on to say: \u201cmy position is that the the historic position of the church is that sexual relations should be within marriage and marriage is between a man and a woman\u201d. Of course, it’s an unarguable fact that the historic position of the church is that\u00a0 sexual relations should be within marriage and marriage is between a man and a woman; <\/em>Welby could scarcely say his position is that that is not<\/em> the church’s historic position. What Welby does not say is: “my position is the same as<\/em> the the historic position of the church.” <\/em>Perhaps I am splitting hairs, but I suspect not.<\/p>\n Admittedly, Wobbling Welby isn\u2019t as incoherent as Rambling Rowan but he still falls very short of the kind of clarity we see from other parts<\/a> of the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n