Church of England to Launch Campaign Against Anti-Gay Bullying

In a move that will likely cause the anti-gay elements in the Anglican Communion to go berserk - especially in the corrupt, lunatic churches in Africa - the Church of England is launching a campaign to oppose anti-gay bullying.   I can just imagine the flying spittle and convulsions racking the church hierarchy in Uganda and Nigeria.  Interestingly, one of the justifications for the campaign cited by the Archbishop of Canterbury is the change in societal attitudes towards homosexuality.  In short, society has changed and the Church of England needs to face this reality.  It's obviously, not the type of enlightened views one can expect from the Christofascists and GOP base in America.  Here are some story excerpts from the New York Times:

The archbishop of Canterbury has announced a campaign to stamp out antigay bullying in Church of England schools, acknowledging that attitudes toward sexuality have changed. The archbishop, the Most Rev. Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the world’s Anglican Communion, stressed that the Church of England was not changing its teaching on gay relationships, but that it would be “absurd and impossible” to ignore shifting cultural attitudes. He told the opening of the General Synod of the Church of England that “the majority of the population rightly detests homophobic behavior.” 

A BBC News commentator described the move as follows:

Justin Welby's speech was partly exhortation, partly stark warning, to a Church floundering in a society undergoing rapid social and cultural change. 

He spelt out the Church's predicament in dealing with sexuality as the clearest example. He cited the debate over gay marriage in the House of Lords and the way his own opposition to the legislation had been "utterly overwhelmed".

The implication was that Anglicans must be ready to take risks and reimagine how the Church's teaching could be applied to a radically different world.

In some ways it was a bleak assessment - Anglicans had lost trust in each other, they sometimes faced "noticeable hostility", and lived in a society where fewer people, particularly young people, thought of themselves as Christian. 

Archbishop Welby was preparing the Church to take the sort of journey it instinctively wants to spread over decades or centuries, in a few years. To ignore the need, he insisted, would be both "impossible and absurd".

The perception take Christians are anti-gay and filled with hypocrisy and hate are leading factors in the younger generations decision to walk away from institutional religion.  Welby seems to recognize this reality and want to move to address it.  It is a stark contrast from the Roman Catholic Church which seem set to continue its anti-gay jihad.