Virginia Anglicans ‘Standing for Core Values,’ Bishop Says

Thursday, September 18, 2008
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor

Washington (CNSNews.com) - Marriage means one man and one woman – and everything else falls short of God’s standard, according to the Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Virginia.
 
“There are values that I believe are universal and unchanging and are at the heart of what we are as human beings,” Minns told CNSNews.com in an interview. “Right now those core values are being threatened.”
 
Minns’ comments seem to directly contradict remarks made by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who earlier this month accused the Anglican church of “persecuting the already persecuted” in its attitude toward homosexuals. the rest