{"id":874,"date":"2012-04-11T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gay.blogs.cam4.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2012-04-11T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:47:13","slug":"archbishop-panel-member-says-gay-people-can-change-sexual-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cam4.com\/blog-gay\/2012\/04\/archbishop-panel-member-says-gay-people-can-change-sexual-attraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop panel member says gay people can \u2018change\u2019 sexual attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Crown Nominations Commission, whose job it is to recommend a successor to Dr Rowan Williams for the position of the Archbishop of Canterbury, includes a leading member of the Anglican Church who believes that gay people can be counselled to suppress and\/or change their sexuality, the Guardian reports today.<\/p>\n

The member in question is Glynn Harrison, emeritus professor of psychiatry at Bristol University. Recently, Prof Harrison has written articles where he has described gay relationships as \u201cfall[ing] short of God\u2019s purpose in creation.\u201d His argument is that therapy and pastoral ministry may serve as remedies for those members of the clergy drawn to a same-sex relationship, yet feel it to be unchristian. He adds that \u201cthere is evidence that some people with unwanted same sex attractions can achieve significant change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, just last year, he co-authored an article, published by the influential Christian Medical Fellowship, which was titled \u201cUnwanted same-sex attraction: Issues of pastoral and counselling support.\u201d The article says: \u201cPeople with unwanted SSA [same sex attraction] who seek to live in conformity with their beliefs should be free to receive appropriate and responsible practical care and counsel\u2026\u00a0Most may choose counselling and pastoral support to maintain, within a Christian framework, the disciplines of chastity. Others may wish to explore the possibility of achieving some degree of change in the strength or direction of unwanted sexual interests.\u201d\u00a0 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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