1) I am pretty sure that the people who write the headlines are not the people who write the stories.

2) The crisis in the Anglican communion (and I am an Anglican, living in England) is perhaps precipitated by the Gene Robinson situation, which has been mirrored in England with Jeffery Johns. But the crisis has only been exacerbated by people like Archbishop Akinola, whose actions detract from evangelical Anglicans who are trying to work within the Anglican church to reform it. Akinola’s actions, whether good-intentioned or not, have a negative impact because he appears to be quite self-serving and schismatic. Thus, even those who repudiate his methods while agreeing with some of his views are cast as homophobes and the like.

3) Is it loving the sinner to recoil in horror (or disgust, or surprise, or whatever) when you shake the hand of a homosexual? Did Jesus say “‘oh!’ and jump back” when confronted with tax collectors and prostitutes.

4) Is it loving the sinner to support a measure that criminalizes activities even for non-Christians? I know that he said he would support any bill that would ban homosexual marriage, and he wouldn’t speak to the specific provisions of the current bill. But shouldn’t he speak out against this bill? To want to confine marriage to a man or woman is one thing, but to blindly support such a draconian bill arguably does more harm than good. The US State Department has warned that it violates ‘basic human rights.’ This is the same State Department that is part of the executive branch, under Condoleeza Rice and GWB, right? Certainly not a left-wing cabal, that.

5) Finally, the second-to-last paragraph of the story is interesting: “Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me…No. Many people say that I embarrass them with my humility.” Are these the words of a humble man?

6) The authors of the article and/or the headline may dislike Christians, I don’t know. But they have not, in my opinion, portrayed Archbishop Akinola in any more of a negative light than his own quotes.