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Gay Senator To Speak On Eames' Report
[Philip Bradfield - Northern Ireland]
A gay Irish senator and Church of Ireland member will give his reaction to Archbishop Eames' report on homosexuality in Castlewellan today. David Norris is the keynote speaker at an international conference, where he aims to explain why homosexuality "is neither a sin nor an illness" as has traditionally been held by theologians and psychologists.
One of the conference organisers is Castlewellan Church of Ireland cleric the Rev Gordon Graham, an executive board member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations, under whose banner the conference is running. Bridging his active interests in theology and psychotherapy, the conference is entitled Spirituality and Psychotherapy, complementary modes of healing?
Mr Norris, a leading expert on James Joyce at Trinity College Dublin for 30 years, said he would also explore Archbishop Eames' recent report on homosexuality, speaking as a lay member of the Church. He said: "I think his report was a little bit mealymouthed and doesn't successfully take on all elements of prejudice but, on the other hand, he seems to be trying to provide a bridge to prevent extremes in the Church from moving away from each other.
"He did ask the people responsible for the ordination of gay American bishop Gene Robinson to apologise for the hurt they had caused but, for me, that would be a step too far - especially in the light of the fact that the Church has generated hatred of gay people in a most unChrist-like fashion."
Regarding Archbishop Eames' traditional view of marriage, he said: "There does seem to me something of a moral vanity about people who think that their personal sexual practices are especially endorsed by God." Mr Graham looked forward to Mr Noriss's address, saying: "I would describe Senator Norris as a prominent cultural critic and a keen observer of both the theological and psychological worlds."
A gay Irish senator and Church of Ireland member will give his reaction to Archbishop Eames' report on homosexuality in Castlewellan today. David Norris is the keynote speaker at an international conference, where he aims to explain why homosexuality "is neither a sin nor an illness" as has traditionally been held by theologians and psychologists.
One of the conference organisers is Castlewellan Church of Ireland cleric the Rev Gordon Graham, an executive board member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations, under whose banner the conference is running. Bridging his active interests in theology and psychotherapy, the conference is entitled Spirituality and Psychotherapy, complementary modes of healing?
Mr Norris, a leading expert on James Joyce at Trinity College Dublin for 30 years, said he would also explore Archbishop Eames' recent report on homosexuality, speaking as a lay member of the Church. He said: "I think his report was a little bit mealymouthed and doesn't successfully take on all elements of prejudice but, on the other hand, he seems to be trying to provide a bridge to prevent extremes in the Church from moving away from each other.
"He did ask the people responsible for the ordination of gay American bishop Gene Robinson to apologise for the hurt they had caused but, for me, that would be a step too far - especially in the light of the fact that the Church has generated hatred of gay people in a most unChrist-like fashion."
Regarding Archbishop Eames' traditional view of marriage, he said: "There does seem to me something of a moral vanity about people who think that their personal sexual practices are especially endorsed by God." Mr Graham looked forward to Mr Noriss's address, saying: "I would describe Senator Norris as a prominent cultural critic and a keen observer of both the theological and psychological worlds."
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