Gay 'marriage' could bring disestablishment of Church of England: Bishop Nazir-Ali
ROME, March 21, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – On the day of his enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury , Justin Welby has sent an “olive branch” message to one of the UK’s leading homosexual campaigners, Peter Tatchell , inviting him to discuss “gay marriage.” Welby is said to be still “thinking through” his position on the government’s proposed redefinition of marriage . While they supported homosexual civil unions, the Church of England has formally opposed the government’s plans to rewrite the marriage law, though the position of many of its bishops and clergy remains ambivalent. Welby’s invitation to Tatchell comes in response to an open letter from the gay campaigner in which he accused Welby of “homophobia” for his opposition to changing the law. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali . “You claim that you are not homophobic but a person who opposes legal equality for LGBT people is homophobic – in the same way that a person who opposes equal rights for black people is racis