(Readers might like to refer to Archbishop Eliud Wabukala’s keynote address to the FCA Leaders Conference) The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Leaders Conference is meeting from 23 to 27 April at St Mark’s Battersea Rise, South London. St Mark’s is the next parish to St Barnabas Clapham Common where the Revd David Page was the [...]
A healthy, loving global Anglican Communion for the twenty first century
, April 24th, 2012 1 Comment
The Church of England is a body contaminated by unchallenged prejudice
, April 23rd, 2012 9 Comments
Papers are reporting that Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury has been the victim of “naked racism”. Is there naked racism in the Church of England? I also was to ask, is there homophobia in the Church of England? The naked racism comment comes from the Reverend [...]
The game is up for the Church of England, the war has been won
, April 23rd, 2012 3 Comments
That’s what the Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, said in his keynote address at the Cutting Edge Consortium 3rd National Conference held in the Conway Hall, London on Saturday. What Bishop Nicholas said in his address (in brief) was: In British society, the game is up. Gay people are equal members of our society. Civil Partnerships are [...]
Crown Nominations Commission leak designed to sabotage the appointment of someone because they are gay
, April 16th, 2012 22 Comments
The Dean of St Albans, the Very Reverend Jeffrey John, has written a letter to the Guardian about the leak from the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) in July 2010 that Jeffrey was a shortlisted candidate for the See of Southwark. The leak was clearly designed to sabotage the possibility of Jeffrey being appointed. There is [...]
Mugged on the Sunday Programme by Lynda Rose and Mike Davidson
, April 15th, 2012 15 Comments
I was interviewed on the BBC R4 Sunday programme about the “Not gay! Ex-gay, post-gay and proud. Get over it!” advertising which Anglican Mainstream and Core Issues Trust had planned for London buses. Lynda Rose from Mainstream and Mike Davidson from Core Issues had been invited to present the conservative evangelical argument. At the [...]
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Christians are here – get over us, Anglican Mainstream!
, April 12th, 2012 16 Comments
Anglican Mainstream and Core Issues Trust launched an advertising campaign today, of a slogan to be carried on the side of buses: Not Gay! Ex-Gay, Post Gay and Proud. Get Over It! Except Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, decided the campaign is offensive. He said: ““London is one of the most tolerant cities in the [...]
Dr Glynn Harrison’s views on homosexuality and his membership of the Crown Nominations Commission
, April 12th, 2012 4 Comments
Last week a Guardian reporter phoned me to consult me about Dr Glynn Harrison’s membership of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), the body that will select the next Archbishop of Canterbury (and appoints other diocesan bishops). The Guardian was concerned about Glynn Harrison’s CNC place because of his beliefs about gay people. An article in [...]
Robert Spitzer, psychiatrist behind controversial ‘Ex-Gay’ study, retracts original claims
, April 12th, 2012 1 Comment
Robert Spitzer, the psychiatrist who in 2001 published a study claiming that “highly motivated” gay and lesbian people could change their sexual orientation has recently retracted his claims. For Changing Attitude, his retraction further undermines the position of the Church of England that fails to support the full inclusion and acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual [...]
Members of NYAWEK in Kisumu, Kenya, report Stella’s release from prison
, April 10th, 2012 2 Comments
Fred Ochieng has sent a report of the court hearing which took place last Wednesday, 4 April, when Stella who was born intersex, was released until a further hearing on 18 May. Stella was given the name Michael by her parents at birth, thought they later accepted her choice to identify as female and to [...]
Kenyan intersex person in prison protected by Dan and Fred from NYAWEK
, April 2nd, 2012 7 Comments
Fred Odinga has reported that he and Dan, the Executive Director of NYAWEK in Kisumu, Kenya, have been contacted to respond to the case of an intersex person who is on remand in Kodiaga Prison. Stalla as he/she prefers to be called, because of his/her desire to live independently and to earn a decent living, went to [...]
