Anglican Leader Rejects LGBTQ People, Embraces Persecuting Bully

Bishops Justin Welby and Justin Badi teach the world to hate

Screenshot of Justin Badi (L), Anglican Primate of South Sudan. Mary Douglas Glasspool (R), assistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, formerly suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Photo credit: Shawn Broes. (CC BY 2.0)

The two adults in the photos above are Anglican bishops.

One of them has publicly praised harsh laws responsible for the brutalization and imprisonment of LGBTQ people, preaching that if society tolerates queer folks, God will rain down judgment on the world. The other bishop is married to a same-sex partner and teaches a gospel of respect, tolerance, and love for one’s neighbors.

The leader of the Worldwide Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, has embraced only one of those bishops, empowering their agenda and belief system. He’s meted out profound disrespect to the other, treating them with behavior exactly like schoolyard bullying.

Which bishop has Welby endorsed and which has he bullied? Hang on a minute. Let me tell you a story.

Photo of the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. This 16-old-old boy is not the boy in my story. Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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