Bishop Michael Ingham of the Vancouver-area diocese of New Westminster, the only Canadian Anglican Bishop to endorse the blessing of gay unions in a vote over the weekend, laments homophobia within the church:
“There are members of our church who staunchly defend that. In my view, [it] is a total misreading of scripture and a misuse of the Bible to oppress people. But they clearly want to continue to do that. To say that the blessing of same-sex unions is not in conflict with doctrine is a hugely significant thing. But to say at the same time there’s no doctrinal conflict but we’re not going to [do] anything about it is inertia – it’s institutional inertia rooted in homophobia.”
Homophobia accepted in church, bishop says [globe and mail]
