# Gay Anglican Bishop to be ordained **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304 "2003-06-20T23:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304/41 "2003-06-24T07:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*The [Archbishop of Canterbury](http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/ap06-23-134033.asp?reg=EUROPE#body) has now made a statement in support of John’s appointment. \*\* Careful… what he said was: ‘‘So far as my own involvement is concerned, you should know it is an appointment I have neither sought to promote nor to obstruct’’. I am sure that this sort of over-emphasis on a single issue with the power to split the Church is the last thing Rowan would have wanted in his first year as Archbishop, and he is being very careful to not be seen as taking sides. It is interesting to note that he is heading to West Africa “within a few weeks” - wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall at the meeting between him and the Archbishop of Nigeria? Grim ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304/42 "2003-06-24T12:52:18Z")
The esteemed Archbishop of Nigeria sounds like (just from general impression) a complete prick with a serious superiority complex. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304/43 "2003-06-24T15:13:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priam \* > \*\*The esteemed Archbishop of Nigeria sounds like (just from general impression) a complete prick with a serious superiority complex. \*\* Based on information from a couple we’re acquainted with, the husband’s brother being a Nigerian bishop (not the archbishop), your conclusion is accurate – so far, of course, as one can trust third-hand information of that sort. ---
**Author:** ![Susma\_Rio\_Sep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Susma\_Rio\_Sep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susma_Rio_Sep)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304/44 "2003-06-26T01:35:42Z")
In a broader perspective, science and technology has liberated mankind from the bondage of sex and reproduction. Now we can have sex without the risk of reproduction. And that is why for people who don’t opt for reproduction, all kinds of sexual combinations will become more and more accepted by them and their fellowmen, and even in religious establishments. Susma Rio Sep ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304/45 "2003-07-07T07:14:43Z")
An update on this story: > [@](#): > > Canon Jeffrey John announced on Sunday he would be withdrawing his acceptance of the post following the row within the Anglican Church about his appointment. [BBC Link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3050254.stm) Friends are saying that he has been “forced to step down” by Lambeth Palace… Grim ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304/46 "2003-07-07T09:25:18Z")
Looking at the Grauniad story: > [@](#): > > it emerged that he had bowed to pressure from key members of the archbishop’s staff at the end of an extraordinary six-hour meeting at the palace on Saturday. So the Archbishop remains above the fray (by mere millimeters), and the conservative element in the church carries the day. How very sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-anglican-bishop-to-be-ordained/183304.md?page=2)