Wedded to marriage - Archbishop speaks clearly

The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out in favour of traditional marriage before, but rarely with such forceful eloquence as he did yesterday. At the launch of the 10th National Marriage Week, Dr Rowan Williams talked of the "prosaic heroism" of earlier generations of married couples which had helped create the stable society so many still enjoy.

He said that the committed relationship of a husband and wife in marriage says to society, and most importantly it says to the children of that marriage, that it is possible to live as a human being "not afraid that at any moment that you are going to be let down, abandoned, left to yourself, someone has actually committed to be there for you". Read more