John Sentamu
John Sentamu
John Tucker Mugabi Sentamuis the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the province of York and Primate of England. The position of Archbishop of York is the second most senior clerical position in the Church of England after that of Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England...
NationalityUgandan
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 June 1949
CountryUganda
believe contract family kinship marriage private simply society wider
Would we be a better society if we made marriage simply a private contract between two individuals, with no wider implications of kinship and family? I do not believe that we would.
built families marriage therefore
Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes, and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies.
attitude change civil law marriage married met partners redefining rights seen social somehow turned
If the rights of civil partners are met differently in law to those of married couples, there is no discrimination in law, and if civil partnerships are seen as somehow 'second class' that is a social attitude which will change and cannot, in any case, be turned around by redefining the law of marriage.
civil marriage
There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.
sex support institutions
Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies.
pain struggle other-cultures
Multiculturalism has seemed to imply, wrongly for me, let other cultures be allowed to express themselves but do not let the majority culture at all tell us its glories, its struggles, its joys, its pains,
children abuse church
Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.
brother reality television
As the week's events on reality television demonstrate, there is an ugly underbelly in society only too ready to point the finger at the foreigner, or those who might not fit in. [on celeb big brother
christian sex sheep
What do you do with people in same-sex relationships that are committed, loving and Christian? Would you rather bless a sheep and a tree, and not them?
writing sunday opportunity
What a fantastic honour to be given the opportunity to write a column in the first ever 'Sunday Sun.'
men thinking roles
Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.
strong bystanders hbo
To a bystander like me, those who made 190 million pounds deliberately underselling the shares of HBOS, in spite of its very strong capital base, and drove it into the bosom of Lloyds TSB Bank, are clearly bank robbers and asset strippers.
couple gay needs
The virtue of the civil partnerships scheme lay in the attempt to treat the needs of gay and lesbian couples as what they are, not to bundle them into some other category.
past new-life hope-for-the-future
The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future,