SA ANGLICAN HEAD WELCOMES GAY MARRIAGE BAN
The head of the Anglican Church in South Africa, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, has said that he welcomes the US church’s decision to stop officiating same sex-marriages in that country.
In a statement released on The Anglican Communion Official Website, Ndungane says that the more liberal Episcopal Church – the US Anglican wing – has “committed itself to the path of reconciliation.”
The comments follow a pronouncement at the end of September by Episcopal bishops to halt officiating same-sex marriages as well as any further ordination of gay clergy in the US.
The decision was seen as an attempt to avert a looming split within the global Anglican body, know as the Anglican Communion, over these issues.
A number of African Anglican leaders – who have spearheaded the opposition to recognising gays and lesbians in the church – have rejected the move by the US Bishops as not being sufficient.
They have said that they see the Episcopal bishops’ action as being temporary and not showing sufficient repentance for having previously ordained gay clergy and officiating same-sex unions.
Ndungane, however, disagrees, saying that “the rest of the Anglican Communion must make sure the moment is not lost.”
He added that, “We now have a basis for going forward together, working alongside one another to restore the broken relationships both within the Episcopal Church and within the wider Communion.”
what a schmuck. he’s taking the middle road and being a complete coward! i wonder what he’d say if the US bishops decided against ordaining black priests. human rights are gay rights, bishop!
christian???. Im disgusted by these moves in the church particularly the Anglican body…for people(theologians/clergy) that knows that scripture does not condemn homosexuality,ie;a concept foreign to biblical times…like Jesus called God from the cell, these decisions are an abomination as it does not recognise the full character of God..it does raises the Q as to their mandate,ie;members and are their outside pressure on the leadership??Do they obey men rather than God??Guys wake up…get back to basics
RE:Insane buggers. Well I really believe that here are some double standards here. I sincerly hope that more gay and lesbian people wake up and smell the coffee, the church is so confused about this, yet the greatest commandment given by Jesus, is to “love one another,..”, but hey, suppose because where gay we aren’t human. Sod the Church.
anglican church’s ban on gay marriage. we don’t need the anglican church to tell us who we can and can’t marry. besides at the end of the day it’s not bishop whatshisname who judges, but you can bet your ass he too will be judged.