Archbishop of Canterbury refuses to admit whether he supports gay marriage
By Josh Haggis
The Archbishop of Canterbury has refused to reveal whether he supports gay marriage.
In a new interview with BBC Radio 4, Rev Justin Welby has explained that people often tell him that it’s “impossible” to look fairly at both sides of the debate.
“In human terms it looks impossible and many people say that we shouldn’t be bothering to try,” he said.
He continued: “The reality is that when I listen to people I know that I’m listening to people for whom not just the issue of sexuality but the whole way in which the Church lives and exists and reaches out to people, what it looks like to be a holy church, is something on which they feel passionately and are deeply, deeply, deeply disagreeing.”
He went on to decline to admit whether he supports same-sex marriage, arguing that it would be “inappropriate” for him to say so.
“I’m really not going to answer the question very well because we’re now into conversations within the Church, both globally and locally, and I think if I weigh in at this stage it’s inappropriate,” he added.
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