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	Carey opposed homosexual relationships among members of the clergy, although he admits to having consecrated two bishops whom he suspected of having same-sex partners. He presided over the Lambeth Conference of 1998 and actively supported the conference's resolution which uncompromisingly rejected all homosexual practice as "incompatible with scripture".		Carey opposed homosexual relationships among members of the clergy, although he admits to having consecrated two bishops whom he suspected of having same-sex partners. He presided over the [[Lambeth Conference]] of 1998 and actively supported the conference's resolution which uncompromisingly rejected all homosexual practice as "incompatible with scripture".

	Carey was criticised for his lack of neutrality on the issue of homosexuality by those attempting to reach a compromise position which had been presented to the conference by a working group of bishops on human sexuality. He also voted against an expressed condemnation of homophobia.		Carey was criticised for his lack of neutrality on the issue of homosexuality by those attempting to reach a compromise position which had been presented to the conference by a working group of bishops on human sexuality. He also voted against an expressed condemnation of homophobia.

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	[[File:Carey Tatchell.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Peter Tatchell and others with Carey in Canterbury]]On 12 April 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.		[[File:Carey Tatchell.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Peter Tatchell and others with Carey in Canterbury]]On 12 April 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.

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			*http://www.glcarey.co.uk/ Official website

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	On 12 April 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.		[[File:Carey Tatchell.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Peter Tatchell and others with Carey in Canterbury]]On 12 April 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.

	==References==		==References==

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	Carey was criticised for his lack of neutrality on the issue of homosexuality by those attempting to reach a compromise position which had been presented to the conference by a working group of bishops on human sexuality. He also voted against an expressed condemnation of homophobia.		Carey was criticised for his lack of neutrality on the issue of homosexuality by those attempting to reach a compromise position which had been presented to the conference by a working group of bishops on human sexuality. He also voted against an expressed condemnation of homophobia.

	Carey said: "If this conference is known by what we have said about homosexuality, then we will have failed."<ref>http://www.lambethconference.org/1998/news/lc098.cfm ''Lambeth Conference 1998 Archives''</ref> However the resolution was the beginning of an escalating crisis of unity within the Anglican Communion around the question of human sexuality. In 1999 Carey was one of four English bishops who expressly declined to sign the [[Cambridge Accord]], an attempt to find agreement on affirming certain human rights of homosexuals, notwithstanding differences within the church on the morality of homosexual behaviour.<ref>http://www.archive.changingattitude.org/lambeth_conf_cambridge_accord.html</ref> In an interview with Sir David Frost in 2002 he said: "I don't believe in blessing same-sex relationships because frankly I don't know what I'm blessing."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/2365911.stm BBC News, ''Breakfast with Frost'', 27 October 2002</ref>		Carey said: "If this conference is known by what we have said about homosexuality, then we will have failed."<ref>http://www.lambethconference.org/1998/news/lc098.cfm ''Lambeth Conference 1998 Archives''</ref> However the resolution was the beginning of an escalating crisis of unity within the [[Anglican Communion]] around the question of human sexuality. In 1999 Carey was one of four English bishops who expressly declined to sign the [[Cambridge Accord]], an attempt to find agreement on affirming certain human rights of homosexuals, notwithstanding differences within the church on the morality of homosexual behaviour.<ref>http://www.archive.changingattitude.org/lambeth_conf_cambridge_accord.html</ref> In an interview with Sir David Frost in 2002 he said: "I don't believe in blessing same-sex relationships because frankly I don't know what I'm blessing."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/2365911.stm BBC News, ''Breakfast with Frost'', 27 October 2002</ref>

	Since retirement, Carey continued to oppose same-sex marriage and church blessings of same-sex unions.		Since retirement, Carey continued to oppose same-sex marriage and church blessings of same-sex unions.

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	On April ~~12,~~ 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.		On 12 April 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.

	==References==		==References==

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	In June 2013, as Lord Carey of Clifton, he proposed an amendment to the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]] to "protect belief in traditional marriage".<ref>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2013-2014/0029/amend/am029-c.htm</ref>		In June 2013, as Lord Carey of Clifton, he proposed an amendment to the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]] to "protect belief in traditional marriage".<ref>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2013-2014/0029/amend/am029-c.htm</ref>

	==~~Outrage~~! protest==		==OutRage! protest==

	On April 12, 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.		On April 12, 1998, [[Peter Tatchell]] led an [[OutRage!]] protest, which disrupted the Carey's Easter sermon. Tatchell mounted the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was Carey's opposition to legal equality for lesbian and gay people. The protest had a lot of media coverage and led to Tatchell's prosecution under the little-used Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (formerly part of the Brawling Act 1551), which prohibits any form of disruption or protest in a church. Tatchell failed in his attempt to summon Carey as a witness and was convicted. The judge fined him £18.60, which commentators theorized was a wry allusion to the year of the statute used to convict him.

	==References==		==References==

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	In April 2010, Carey submitted a witness statement to an appeal court considering the dismissal of a relationship counsellor who had refused to work with homosexuals, in which he suggested that intervention by senior clerics, including himself, was "indicative of a future civil unrest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraph 17</ref> In the same statement, he suggested that cases engaging religious rights should not be heard by any of the judges who had decided the previous cases, "as they have made clear their lack of knowledge about the Christian faith." His submission was rejected by the Court as "misplaced" and "deeply inimical to the public interest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraphs 18, 26</ref> Andrew Brown, writing in ''The Guardian'', suggested that the effect of the judgment was to say that Carey was "a self-important and alarmist twit who has no idea what he is talking about".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/apr/29/law-christianity Andrew Brown, "Carey slapped down by senior judge: Carey's intervention in the case of the Christian Relate counsellor has been fisked by an appeal court judge" 29 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> The ''Church Times'' commented that "One might be forgiven for thinking that Lord Carey of Clifton has generated more column-inches since retiring as Archbishop of Canterbury than he did when in office. His latest foray into the nation’s media is more than usually regrettable, as it strikes at the heart of the independence of the judiciary."<ref>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=93243 Mark Hill, "Judges should not be hand-picked" ''Church Times'' 23 April 2010</ref>		In April 2010, Carey submitted a witness statement to an appeal court considering the dismissal of a relationship counsellor who had refused to work with homosexuals, in which he suggested that intervention by senior clerics, including himself, was "indicative of a future civil unrest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraph 17</ref> In the same statement, he suggested that cases engaging religious rights should not be heard by any of the judges who had decided the previous cases, "as they have made clear their lack of knowledge about the Christian faith." His submission was rejected by the Court as "misplaced" and "deeply inimical to the public interest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraphs 18, 26</ref> Andrew Brown, writing in ''The Guardian'', suggested that the effect of the judgment was to say that Carey was "a self-important and alarmist twit who has no idea what he is talking about".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/apr/29/law-christianity Andrew Brown, "Carey slapped down by senior judge: Carey's intervention in the case of the Christian Relate counsellor has been fisked by an appeal court judge" 29 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> The ''Church Times'' commented that "One might be forgiven for thinking that Lord Carey of Clifton has generated more column-inches since retiring as Archbishop of Canterbury than he did when in office. His latest foray into the nation’s media is more than usually regrettable, as it strikes at the heart of the independence of the judiciary."<ref>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=93243 Mark Hill, "Judges should not be hand-picked" ''Church Times'' 23 April 2010</ref>

	In February 2012, speaking at the launch of the [[Coalition for Marriage]], Carey voiced his opposition to the government's proposal to legalise [[~~same-sex~~ marriage]], stating that he was "worried and disappointed" and calling the proposal "cultural vandalism".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9093297/Lord-Carey-gay-marriage-would-be-cultural-vandalism.html "Lord Carey: gay marriage would be 'cultural vandalism' ", ''Daily Telegraph''		In February 2012, speaking at the launch of the [[Coalition for Marriage]], Carey voiced his opposition to the government's proposal to legalise [[equal marriage]], stating that he was "worried and disappointed" and calling the proposal "cultural vandalism".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9093297/Lord-Carey-gay-marriage-would-be-cultural-vandalism.html "Lord Carey: gay marriage would be 'cultural vandalism' ", ''Daily Telegraph''
	20 February 2012</ref>		20 February 2012</ref>

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	In April 2010, Carey submitted a witness statement to an appeal court considering the dismissal of a relationship counsellor who had refused to work with homosexuals, in which he suggested that intervention by senior clerics, including himself, was "indicative of a future civil unrest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraph 17</ref> In the same statement, he suggested that cases engaging religious rights should not be heard by any of the judges who had decided the previous cases, "as they have made clear their lack of knowledge about the Christian faith." His submission was rejected by the Court as "misplaced" and "deeply inimical to the public interest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraphs 18, 26</ref> Andrew Brown, writing in ''The Guardian'', suggested that the effect of the judgment was to say that Carey was "a self-important and alarmist twit who has no idea what he is talking about".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/apr/29/law-christianity Andrew Brown, "Carey slapped down by senior judge: Carey's intervention in the case of the Christian Relate counsellor has been fisked by an appeal court judge" 29 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> The ''Church Times'' commented that "One might be forgiven for thinking that Lord Carey of Clifton has generated more column-inches since retiring as Archbishop of Canterbury than he did when in office. His latest foray into the nation’s media is more than usually regrettable, as it strikes at the heart of the independence of the judiciary."<ref>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=93243 Mark Hill, "Judges should not be hand-picked" ''Church Times'' 23 April 2010</ref>		In April 2010, Carey submitted a witness statement to an appeal court considering the dismissal of a relationship counsellor who had refused to work with homosexuals, in which he suggested that intervention by senior clerics, including himself, was "indicative of a future civil unrest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraph 17</ref> In the same statement, he suggested that cases engaging religious rights should not be heard by any of the judges who had decided the previous cases, "as they have made clear their lack of knowledge about the Christian faith." His submission was rejected by the Court as "misplaced" and "deeply inimical to the public interest".<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/B1.html "McFarlane v Relate Avon" 29 April 2010 Judgment of Lord Justice Laws paragraphs 18, 26</ref> Andrew Brown, writing in ''The Guardian'', suggested that the effect of the judgment was to say that Carey was "a self-important and alarmist twit who has no idea what he is talking about".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/apr/29/law-christianity Andrew Brown, "Carey slapped down by senior judge: Carey's intervention in the case of the Christian Relate counsellor has been fisked by an appeal court judge" 29 April 2010 ''The Guardian''</ref> The ''Church Times'' commented that "One might be forgiven for thinking that Lord Carey of Clifton has generated more column-inches since retiring as Archbishop of Canterbury than he did when in office. His latest foray into the nation’s media is more than usually regrettable, as it strikes at the heart of the independence of the judiciary."<ref>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=93243 Mark Hill, "Judges should not be hand-picked" ''Church Times'' 23 April 2010</ref>

			In February 2012, speaking at the launch of the [[Coalition for Marriage]], Carey voiced his opposition to the government's proposal to legalise [[same-sex marriage]], stating that he was "worried and disappointed" and calling the proposal "cultural vandalism".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9093297/Lord-Carey-gay-marriage-would-be-cultural-vandalism.html "Lord Carey: gay marriage would be 'cultural vandalism' ", ''Daily Telegraph''
			20 February 2012</ref>

	In October 2012,Carey was criticised for comparing the opponents of equal marriage to persecuted Jews in Nazi Germany.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/10/09/comment-lord-careys-nazi-rhetoric-is-an-insult-to-history/ Nicholas Chinardet, "Lord Carey’s Nazi rhetoric is an insult to history", ''Pink News'' 9 October 2012</ref>		In October 2012,Carey was criticised for comparing the opponents of equal marriage to persecuted Jews in Nazi Germany.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/10/09/comment-lord-careys-nazi-rhetoric-is-an-insult-to-history/ Nicholas Chinardet, "Lord Carey’s Nazi rhetoric is an insult to history", ''Pink News'' 9 October 2012</ref>

			In June 2013, as Lord Carey of Clifton, he proposed an amendment to the [[Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill]] to "protect belief in traditional marriage".<ref>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2013-2014/0029/amend/am029-c.htm</ref>

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