Lambeth Resolution 1

Lambeth Resolution 1.1 0 affirms to all Anglicans:

• That Holy Scripture upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union

• That Holy Scripture reveals that abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage

• That homosexual practice is rejected as incompatible with Scripture

• That the Bishops, therefore:

- Do not advise the legitimizing or blessing of same sex unions

- Do not advise the ordination of those involved in same gender unions

• Yet, the Bishops recognize that persons of homosexual orientation seek and are entitled to the pastoral care and moral direction of the Church and God’s transforming power for the living of their lives and the ordering of relationships and assure them they are loved by God and that all baptized, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ; and, the Bishops therefore call on all Anglicans to minister pastorally and sensitively to all irrespective of sexual orientation and to condemn irrational fear of homosexuals.