Where does Justin Welby stand on homosexuality?

The Church of England has realised that its decades of dithering over homosexuality must end. It must finally bite the bullet, and introduce liberal reforms. 

To be more precise, most of the bishops have realised that reform is necessary, and that delay is disastrous. Most of the clergy and most of the laity share this view. But the opposition of a determined minority renders this clear majority position impotent. 

Next week’s Synod was meant to be the breakthrough. Back in February, Synod voted in favour of blessings for gay couples, as a provisional ‘experiment’. In addition, the bishops promised that new ‘pastoral guidance’ would soon be issued, which is expected to allow clergy to be married in civil ceremonies, and to drop the old requirement for gay clergy to be celibate. So the plan was to unveil the ‘experimental’ blessings, and issue this new guidance.