Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has told Anglican hardliners in Ghana that he was “threatened” by MPs during rows over the Church’s position on same-sex marriage
“Modern European Global North morality is a morality for the wealthy, the powerful and the well-educated. It is a morality that does not believe in human sinfulness and failure. This is where the Church struggles.”
It is unclear how Dr Welby was “summoned to Parliament” as he sits in the House of Lords alongside 21 other bishops. The Church of England remains the established Christian church in England and has specific exemptions codified into both equality laws and same-sex marriage laws. Gay Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, who is an Anglican, told a Synod fringe event last week that he did not see much support for the “nuclear option” of disestablishing the Church of England – after broadcasterlaunched a campaign calling for the expulsion of bishops from the Lords – but suggested “a lot” of MPs would be willing to back other legal reforms.
Meanwhile, Tory MP Andrew Selous, the Church’s representative in Parliament, said that while it was “not the job of Parliament” to specify Church doctrine, “I am conscious that Parliament’s patience will not be infinite, and there have already been cross-party meetings of MPs to look at a private member’s Bill to require the Church to go further”.
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