Religious Left

By Robert Pigott, Religious Affairs Correspondent BBC News Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused the Anglican church of allowing its "obsession" with homosexuality to come before real action on world poverty. God is weeping" to see such a focus on sexuality and the Church is "quite rightly" seen by many as irrelevant on the issue of poverty, he said. It may be good to "accept that we agree to differ" on the gay issue, he said. full article

Associated Press WREG-TV Memphis SEWANEE, Tenn. (AP) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu asked students at the University of the South on Friday to work to end poverty, racism and homophobia. Tutu was at the school to celebrate the Episcopal seminary's commencement. full article

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is scheduled to give a historic 30-minute address to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on Tuesday, April 8. He is expected to address a crowd of approximately 400 people at “A Celebration of Courage,” the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s annual gala awards ceremony. It will mark the first time that Tutu has directly addressed such a large LGBTI gathering in the United States, according to the IGLHRC. Tutu will also be honored for his leadership on human rights. Paula Ettelbrick, IGLHRC’s executive director, said, “Archbishop Tutu is a true human rights activist, someone who acknowledges that all human beings are inherently valuable and deserve to be treated with respect.” "If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God,” he said in a 2007 interview with BBC radio. He has challenged the church for “being almost obsessed with questions of human sexuality” ...