Wednesday 18 June 2008

LGCM: Archbishops condemnation is "indefensible"

The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) has issued a statement supporting last weeks ceremony which took place in a Church.

The strongly worded statement even goes as far as to compare the Archbishops "prejudiced" stance to those who refused to end the slave trade.

The statement, which was sent out in reaction to yesterdays condemnation by the Archbishops of York and Canterbury, said:

"The disregarding of manifestly unjust official Church teaching has a long and honourable tradition of its own.

"It has encompassed, for instance, campaigns against slavery, the use of unauthorised liturgies, remarriage of divorcees, and the ordination of women.

"All have come to pass and are now considered integral to the life of the Church, and all suffered a great deal of opposition form the Archbishops of the day." Read more
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