Gay bishops wouldn't worry the Catholics ; EDITORIAL & OPINION

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 27, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

You don't often see the Archbishop of Canterbury at a cocktail party, but when you do, it's best to make the most of it - especially if you have the highly-trained brute insensitivity of a newspaper journalist. Thus it was that I asked Dr Rowan Williams if he saw a connection with America's unilateralism over Iraq (which he had publicly criticised) and the decision of the US Episcopal Church to ordain as a bishop the openly gay Gene Robinson.

Social convention - not to mention the effect of Sir David Frost's champagne - prevents me from repeating Dr Williams' careful response, but it was not ...

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