{"id":4933,"date":"2009-07-15T17:20:12","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T21:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=4933"},"modified":"2009-07-15T17:20:12","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T21:20:12","slug":"ordaining-homosexual-clergy-is-a-matter-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/ordaining-homosexual-clergy-is-a-matter-of-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordaining homosexual clergy is a matter of justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The consecration of homosexual bishops is a matter of justice.
\nThe Episcopal Church in the United States voted last week to overturn a moratorium on the ordination of gay bishops. Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, told the General Synod yesterday that he regretted that decision.<\/p>\n

Those member Churches, including many in Africa, who conscientiously cannot accept homosexual bishops, should not have appointments forced upon them. But the issue is not one of denominational preference alone. It is also a matter of justice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The liberal elite who run Western Anglicanism would not admit that they are consciously bent upon the destruction of their denomination \u2013 and I don\u2019t believe they are. Subconsciously, it is another matter: to adapt an old proverb: those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The reason given for the ordaining of homosexuals is that it is a matter of justice<\/em>; to exclude homosexuals from holding clergy positions would be unjust<\/em>. But what do liberals mean by justice<\/em> in this context?<\/p>\n

Of the various shades of meaning of justice<\/em> \u2013 fair, morally right, lawful \u2013 the meaning cannot be morally right<\/em> or lawful<\/em>, since the bible clearly condemns homosexual activity. That leaves us with fair. <\/em>But fair to whom?\u00a0 Certainly not fair to the homosexuals who struggle with temptation yet remain celibate, and not fair to orthodox Christians who are committed to following the bible and expect their leaders to do the same. It is also not fair to the run-of-the mill sinner sitting in the pew who, instead of trying to convince the church to bless his sins, is struggling to overcome them.<\/p>\n

It is not even fair to practising homosexual clergy, since it confirms as right behaviour that is actually wrong.<\/p>\n

In truth, this has nothing to do with justice: it has everything to do with selfishness wanting its own way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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