Truthdigger of the Week: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Truthdig tips its hat this week to South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who took the Anglican Church to task for what he called its "homophobic" attitude, declaring in a recent interview with BBC Radio 4 that, "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God."

Archbishop Tutu zeroed in on church leadership in his critique, lamenting that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has not promoted the idea of a "welcoming ... Full Story »

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Peter Henry
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by Peter Henry - Oct. 1, 2008

Short but worthwhile article about comments made by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, castigating the Anglican Church for its "homophobic" attitude. Anything that Rev. Tutu says publicly is newsworthy Here we have one of the unquestioned spiritual leaders of the planet demanding that his home church drop its obsession on the morals of whether a gay bishop in New Hampshire should be tolerated by the church heirarchy, and focus instead on the important global issues of "poverty, HIV and AIDS ... and conflict."

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