Archbishop of Canterbury compares gay relationships to marriage

The Archbishop of Canterbury has claimed that active homosexual relationships are "comparable to marriage" in the eyes of God.
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones and Martin Beckford
06 Aug 2008

In private correspondence, seen by the Daily Telegraph, Dr Rowan Williams, refutes the Anglican Communion's traditional teaching that homosexuality is sinful.

Furthermore, he expresses his hope that the Church will change its position to be more accepting of gay partnerships. the rest

New light on Archbishop of Canterbury's view on homosexuality
Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
August 7, 2008

Theology students at Cambridge in the 1980s remember their lecturer and tutor Rowan Williams, now 58, as a deeply spiritual, holy and compassionate man. They also remember the hostility with which he was viewed by the growing number of evangelicals gaining admission to one of the nation's two top seats of learning.

The battles played out among Christian students in the sanctums of Cambridge colleges mirror the war being waged today in the Anglican Communion. Dr Williams left academia, by all accounts reluctantly, as none could match him for intellect and spirituality in the ivory towers of Oxford and Cambridge. the rest