Thursday, January 30, 2014

Welby flies to Africa telling Anglicans to treat gay people as ‘children of God’

From The Telegraph-

The Archbishop of Canterbury is on a collision course with Anglican leaders in Africa as he sets off on a five-day trip to the continent while denouncing new laws persecuting gay people.

The Most Rev Justin Welby and the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, issued a joint letter to the heads of Anglican churches around the world urging them to “demonstrate the love of Christ” to same-sex couples.


It comes just days after the Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan – with the approval of many Christians – signed harsh new laws making homosexual acts offences punishable with 14 years in prison and with 10 years even for public displays of affection.


The Ugandan parliament also recently passed new laws increasing the punishment for gay sex and making speaking about homosexuality without condemning it an imprisonable offence.
President Yoweri Museveni has so far refused to sign the bill into law.


More here-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10605832/Welby-flies-to-Africa-telling-Anglicans-to-treat-gay-people-as-children-of-God.html

1 comment:

Leonard said...

Sorry Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury couldn't work in a visit to NIGERIA and UGANDA at this time...LGBTI people have died in these demonizing WAR ZONES for lifetimes...HELLO!