From The Mail and Guardian-
The most senior openly gay cleric in Britain has accused the Church of England of pursuing a "morally contemptible" policy on same-sex marriage, criticising Rowan Williams for changing his "public position" on the issue as soon as he was made Archbishop of Canterbury.
In a new preface to his 1990 booklet on gay relationships, Jeffrey John, the dean of St Albans, writes that, contrary to the expectations of those who believed Williams would soften the Church's attitude to homosexuality, the church's line has in fact "continued to harden" during his near-decade as archbishop.
In an abridged extract of the preface published in the Guardian, the Rev John, who was forced to withdraw his appointment as bishop of Reading in 2003 due to fury from conservative evangelicals, says that as Archbishop of Wales, Williams had made the case for an ethical framework for gay relationships.
"Tragically, he changed his public position as soon as he reached the throne of St Augustine," he adds. "Since then the Church's line on homosexuality has continued to harden."
More here-
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-08-15-anglican-stance-on-same-sex-marriage-morally-contemptible
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