GAFCon’s censure of other Anglicans for dismissing Scripture on issues of sexuality seems absurd when you consider that GAFCon is dominated by male clergy, many of whom abuse Scripture to justify excluding women from clerical leadership. In fact, GAFCon's 2019 report on Women in the Episcopate sanctions male supremacy by advising against the consecration of female bishops. How can Anglicans speak authoritatively and compellingly on issues of gender and sexuality when we simultaneously distort scripture to sanctify female submission, in a similar way that scripture was distorted to sanctify slavery?
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INTRODUCTION
During the many intense upheavals that occurred in British politics in 2016, accusations were levelled at two prominent female politicians: British newspaper the Independent reported the assertion made by a parliamentary colleague that Liz Kendall, a prospective candidate for British Labour Party leadership ‘would not make a good leader because she does not have children.’ [1] The same argument was advanced, in different form, in respect of Theresa May, British Prime Minister between 2016 – 2019, who was accused by fellow parliamentarian Andrea Leadsom of being unfit for office as leader of the Conservative Party, and by extension, future Prime Minister, because she did not have children. The
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