Archbishop pressure over gay partnerships beliefs

Aug 8 2008
by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail

ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Rowan Williams was under fresh pressure from conservative Anglicans yesterday after the release of correspondence in which he compared gay relationships to marriage.

In letters dating from 2000 and 2001 when he was still Archbishop of Wales, Dr Williams wrote that gay relationships could “reflect the love of God” in a way comparable to marriage.

There are suspicions that the leaking of the letters, published in The Times newspaper, are an attempt to undermine Dr Williams’ efforts to heal the Church’s rifts over sexuality. the rest