tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post6558636161041396942..comments2023-09-13T13:47:47.106+01:00Comments on The Changing Attitude Blog: Towards an understanding of human sexuality at WindsorAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163737925142519555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-85223628563549494282011-01-20T18:00:51.351+00:002011-01-20T18:00:51.351+00:00I'm here, and some of the usual suspects are p...I'm here, and some of the usual suspects are present (including me - am I mandatory at these Consultations, one cheeky patron of Changing Attitude asked). Yes Erika, I am here as an adult who is not a problem for the Church but who is part of a Church with problems, many relating to the way heterosexuals behave. The introductory sessions was a bit academic and in the head - several Oxbridge academics here, but journalists and a politician as well.Colin Cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030093527945687306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-86090495361882905552011-01-20T14:04:06.283+00:002011-01-20T14:04:06.283+00:00Colin,
then you must go and speak clearly to why y...Colin,<br />then you must go and speak clearly to why you are no longer willing to play the game. The only way we can change the parameters of these conversations is by refusing the fit into them and to make it very clear that we're refusing and why.<br /><br />I have found it quite interesting to see people's reactions to being told that their anti-gay attitudes are THEIR problem, not mine, and that while I will guide them to proper research, theology and other information, I now see it as their duty to educate themselves.<br /><br />We’re shifting from a parent-child approach to this whole conversation to one between equal adults and our new challenges is to stress over and over again that the parameters have changed and that we have grown up and no longer accept the position of the meek defendant.Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-53843013985331886782011-01-20T12:38:56.658+00:002011-01-20T12:38:56.658+00:00I think you're right, Trevor, and my experienc...I think you're right, Trevor, and my experience of previous Consultations was that I had to 'play the game'. I don't feel like playing that particular game any more!Colin Cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030093527945687306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-48443441697923023622011-01-20T12:29:36.223+00:002011-01-20T12:29:36.223+00:00I HOPE it proves to be a worthwhile event and a go...I HOPE it proves to be a worthwhile event and a good use of your time, Colin. I FEAR that it may be just another talking-shop. I've taken part in consultations at Windsor on HIV related issues, and there has been some good stuff there, and some good work done within the various networking opportunities; but the emphasis on "consultation" (which is alarmingly like the so-called "listening" process in which the Anglican Communion is supposedly engaged) and the Chatham House Rule do tend to restrict the usefulness, and any resulting "reports" have tended to be fairly anodyne. Here's hoping this one's different!Fr Trevor Thurston-Smith SMMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396131706897574218noreply@blogger.com