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A Ugandan bill expands existing criminalization of same-sex conduct to create a legal framework for systematic persecution and social exclusion based on sexual orientation and gender identity. What will the Pope do?
In newly disclosed letters, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (pictured) wrote that the Bible doesn't forbid same-sex relationships when there is a commitment similar to traditional marriages, a British newspaper reported Thursday.
Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, said Friday he believes that the wider Anglican Church will eventually embrace gays, though perhaps not in his lifetime.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (pictured), struggling to hold together the troubled world Anglican family, urged church leaders gathered Sunday in England not to consecrate another gay bishop, saying the fellowship will be in ''grave peril'' without a moratorium.
The first openly gay Episcopal bishop announced he will have no official role in a meeting this summer of world Anglican leaders, saying restrictions that organizers wanted to place on his involvement had caused him ''considerable pain.'' New Hampshire bishop V. Gene Robinson had been told last year that he could not fully participate in the once-a-decade gathering in England, called the Lambeth Conference, as the world Anglican Communion sat on the brink of schism over his 2003 election. Still, Episcopal leaders had been negotiating with the Anglican Communion Office to allow him to join the event in some capacity. The Episcopal Church is the Anglican body in the United States.
Anglican bishops from the United States and Canada gathered in England on Tuesday to brief a top church body on their stance regarding homosexuality--an issue that threatens to split the 77 million-strong global communion.
Gene Robinson, the first openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop, was barred from a once-a-decade Anglican meeting so he wouldn't become a focus of the global event. Anglicans on all sides of the issue agree: The strategy has backfired. New Hampshire bishop Gene Robinson has been embraced by sympathetic Anglicans in England and Scotland who view his exclusion as an affront to their Christian beliefs.
Seven conservative Anglican leaders refused Friday to take Holy Communion with the pro-gay head of the U.S. branch of the church.
