The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said he remains "committed" to the Anglican Church's official stance against gay sex in an attempt to preserve biblical norms, reports The Times of London. Williams added, "I do not believe that sex outside marriage is as God purposes it." He spoke out regarding the controversy swirling around the acceptance of homosexuality within the church on Tuesday at the once-a-decade Anglican Lambeth Conference in England.
“Are we heading for schism? Well, let’s see. If it is the end of the Anglican Communion, I do not think anyone has told most of the people here,” Williams told The Times. Division within the church arose after openly gay bishop Gene Robinson was consecrated in the United States in 2003.
Afterward, church elders decreed that no more gay bishops could be consecrated. Liberals within the church are hoping to reverse that ruling by the time the next General Convention meets in the summer of 2009.
As a result, 230 bishops boycotted the Lambeth Conference and organized their own rival meeting, Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, in Jerusalem last month. Also speaking at the conference, the Archbishop of Sudan, Daniel Deng, called for openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to step down from his post, the British Broadcasting Company reports. Deng blamed Robinson for the boycott, saying that his behavior "violated Anglican norms," according to the BBC.
“Are we heading for schism? Well, let’s see. If it is the end of the Anglican Communion, I do not think anyone has told most of the people here,” Williams told The Times. Division within the church arose after openly gay bishop Gene Robinson was consecrated in the United States in 2003.
Afterward, church elders decreed that no more gay bishops could be consecrated. Liberals within the church are hoping to reverse that ruling by the time the next General Convention meets in the summer of 2009.
As a result, 230 bishops boycotted the Lambeth Conference and organized their own rival meeting, Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, in Jerusalem last month. Also speaking at the conference, the Archbishop of Sudan, Daniel Deng, called for openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to step down from his post, the British Broadcasting Company reports. Deng blamed Robinson for the boycott, saying that his behavior "violated Anglican norms," according to the BBC.
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