Archbishop Won’t Talk to Me

May 27, 2016 by

by Dr Lisa Nolland, Evangelicals Now:

Recently I asked to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury (ABC), and received a negative response (you can read the full letter at the end of the article).

In particular I wanted to introduce Dr Mike Davidson to the ABC. Mike is ex-gay and his organisation, CORE, helps those wanting to move out of homosexuality pursue their aims through psychological and (sometimes) pastoral support. The ABC has met many interested parties; has he met groups like CORE? He readily refers to the ‘LGBTI’; what about ex-gays? If ‘it is paramount that no voice is unheard’, why the omission?

Ex-gay voices ignored

Indeed, how can claims for full inclusion in the conversation be made with any seriousness? Though the moral high ground is constantly taken (we accept everyone as they choose to identify and on their terms!), the basis upon which it is taken is fraudulent.

Not only are ex-gay voices ignored, but so are those of other less-known sexual identities and relationships now emerging. I think of, say, bisexual polys (those who engage in multiple committed adult relationships, often bisexual); those with GSA (genetic sexual attraction, a form of adult incest) and celibate MAPs (minor attracted people) who make the same claims as the LGBTI and on the same basis. For a few examples see the footnote. Their voices are not heard; their sexuality and relationships ignored. What of them?

Politically correct myths

In fact, the myths underpinning politically-correct [PC] ideology have won the day. PC LGBTI sexual relationships, desires, behaviours, etc. are treated as integral to and part of personhood and identity, and so to criticise the former is like criticising the latter. Gay is the new black; who wants to be seen as a ‘racist’?

However, the basis for granting sexual ‘identity’ the same status as race or biological sex is purely ideological. And indeed, the LGBTI discriminate against the still-closeted, in the same way others are condemned for discriminating against the LGBTI.

Voices such as mine are ignored by a Church determined to overlook the minefield which awaits it if it continues to insist sexual behaviours, desires and feelings are sacred to personhood. Perhaps when the first bi poly trio (wife, husband, wife) demands the right to marry in their local parish the penny will drop.

The letter from the Projects Coordinator for the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Reconcilliation Ministry:

Dear Dr Nolland,

Thank you very much for your email, requesting an interview with the Archbishop. Unfortunately, the Archbishop’s diary is extremely full and it won’t be possible for him to meet you in person on this occasion.

As you are probably aware, the Church of England has recently undergone a process of Regional Shared Conversations on Scripture, Mission and Human Sexuality across all dioceses and is about to hold a Shared Conversation at the General Synod in July. Throughout these processes (and before), the Archbishop and his Reconciliation Ministry team have engaged with people from a wide variety of theological perspectives and a diverse range of experiences and identities in relation to their sexuality and gender. These have include those who identify as LGBTI, as well as those who experience ‘unwanted same-sex attraction’ and those who were once attracted to the same sex but now no longer are. As the Church of England and the Anglican Communion seeks to discern God’s will and God’s calling, it is paramount that no voice is unheard.

Many thanks once again for getting in contact with us.

Yours sincerely,

Footnotes

www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201309/have-your-jake-and-edith-too-bisexual-polyamorists;

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-genetic-sexual-attraction-expert-7715679;

www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/10948796/Paedophili a-is-natural-and-normal-for-males.html;

www.virped.org/

 

 

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