Can a Christian morality rooted in scripture approve of homosexuality?
The word “homosexuality” is an abstract noun. What in the Anglican Church we’ve tried to do is restrict the debate to the practice of homosexual relations. Of course, many people claim to be “rooted” in scripture in a variety of ways. But if a church is actually determined to be faithful to scripture, then not only at that point but at several others — for instance, some of our economic practices — we would need to take a long, hard look and say, maybe we’re getting this wrong. So a Christian morality faithful to scripture cannot approve of homosexual conduct? Correct. That is consonant with what I’ve said and written elsewhere. Did you disapprove of the consecration of Bishop Gene Robinson in the United States? It would be inappropriate for me to comment on that, given my membership on the Eames Commission, which is not going to be easy. You could at least acknowledge that the consecration is problematic? I agree with what the primates said last October at their emergency meeting, w
