Moral Leadership

God still hates gays, but the Archbishop of Canterbury is nevertheless disinclined to punish churches which condone same-sex marriage. While affirming the validity of the commandment in Leviticus - appropriately, a screed foaming with priestly indignation at the inadequacy of the tithes - and the Saviour's endorsement at Matthew 5 xviii, the Archbishop observed that there are places where affirming equal rights can cause trouble for the Church, and other places where denying those same rights can cause trouble for the Church. Since his primary consideration as a Christian is not the dignity of human beings, much less the opportunities for holy martyrdom or loving one's enemies, but the survival of the institution that pays his stipend, the Archbishop could clearly do no other than to take both sides at once.