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  • 25 Apr 2007
    Church of Scotland admits institutional homophobia

    An influential group of ministers in Scotland's largest Protestant church has said that its clergy and congregations have been "sinfully" intolerant of gays and lesbians in its ranks.

  • 13 Apr 2007
    French presidential candidate criticises Pope's position on sexuality

    French Presidential candidate Nicholas Sarkozy has publicly criticised the Pope's position on human sexuality.

  • 21 Mar 2007
    Selective biblical morality

    In the rush to condemn homosexuality, a certain pattern of shellfishness may be being overlooked. That's what it says here.

  • 16 Mar 2007
    A larger vision of 'family'

    Many commentators, both religious and secular, assume that a narrow definition of family is readily mandated by the biblical texts. They're wrong.

  • 16 Mar 2007
    Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

    New Testament scholar Deirdre Good explains why simplistic appeals to scripture distort its meaning, and why for the Gospel family is built on magnanimity not exclusion

  • 7 Mar 2007
    Stop colluding with bullying

    Deirdre Good and Julian Sheffield urge Episcopalians to embrace grace not fear

  • 18 Feb 2007
    Some Global South archbishops snub other Anglican leaders at Eucharist

    Seven 'Global South' archbishops refused to receive Holy Communion with their fellow Primates on 16 February 2007, at thir Tanzania gathering. They alleged that they were "unable to come to the Holy Table with the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church [USA] because to do so would be a violation of Scriptural teaching and the traditional Anglican understanding" - writes Matthew Davies for Episcopal News Service

  • 14 Feb 2007
    Welcome for Williams but interrogation for gay Christian in Tanzania

    A warm East African welcome met Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams when he arrived in Tanzania yesterday (13 February 2007) for a crucial Anglican Primates' meeting ‚Ä' but a gay Christian leader from Nigeria had a different experience, being interrogated for several hours before being given a visa.

  • 25 Jan 2007
    You can't oppose discrimination 'a bit', churches are reminded

    As government ministers last night (24 January 2007) made it clear that they would not bow to strong pressure from Catholic and Anglican leaders who wish to retain the right for church-sponsored adoption services to refuse lesbian and gay couples, Harriet Harman, Minister for Justice at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, has reminded churches that it is not possible to be “a bit opposed to discrimination”.

  • 14 Jan 2007
    Archbishop decries Anglican squabbling and highlights Africa's plight

    The Archbishop of Southern Africa has responded robustly to a recent threat made by some African Anglican heads who say that they will not attend the forthcoming Primates Meeting in Tanzania in February 2007 because of the presence of US Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.