Archbishop Tutu Speaks On Human Rights for Gay People

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     Archbishop Tutu Speaks On Human Rights for Gay People

http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Apr/1002.htm   

Apologises for way Church ostracises gay and transgender people

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2008  –  Archbishop Desmond Tutu, arguably the most respected living Anglican (Episcopal), has condemned the persecution of gay and transgender people – and, apologised on behalf of his Church for ostracising gay men and women.

Speaking to a congregation of 500 in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said that speaking up for human rights was as important as the basic act of breathing.