John Sentamu Quotes

• The Gospel offers forgiveness for the past, new life for the present, and hope for the future.

  John Sentamu

  Past, New Life, Hope For The Future

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• To a bystander like me, those who made 190 million pounds deliberately underselling the shares of HBOS, in spite of its very strong capital base, and drove it into the bosom of Lloyds TSB Bank, are clearly bank robbers and asset strippers.

  John Sentamu

  Strong, Bystanders, Hbo

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• Multiculturalism has seemed to imply, wrongly for me, let other cultures be allowed to express themselves but do not let the majority culture at all tell us its glories, its struggles, its joys, its pains.

  John Sentamu

  Pain, Struggle, Other Cultures

  "Reclaiming the English tradition" by Francis Sedgemore, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2006.

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• What do you do with people in same-sex relationships that are committed, loving and Christian? Would you rather bless a sheep and a tree, and not them?

  John Sentamu

  Christian, Sex, Sheep

  "John Sentamu and the Church of England's slow retreat on gay marriage" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2013.

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• The virtue of the civil partnerships scheme lay in the attempt to treat the needs of gay and lesbian couples as what they are, not to bundle them into some other category.

  John Sentamu

  Couple, Gay, Needs

  "Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody" by John Sentamu, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

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• What a fantastic honour to be given the opportunity to write a column in the first ever 'Sunday Sun.'

  John Sentamu

  Writing, Sunday, Opportunity

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• As the week's events on reality television demonstrate, there is an ugly underbelly in society only too ready to point the finger at the foreigner, or those who might not fit in. [on celeb big brother

  John Sentamu

  Brother, Reality, Events

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• Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies.

  John Sentamu

  Sex, Support, Institutions

  "Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody" by John Sentamu, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

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• Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.

  John Sentamu

  Men, Thinking, Roles

  "Archbishop of York receives 'race hate' emails following gay marriage comments" by Krissy Storrar, www.mirror.co.uk. February 7, 2012.

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• Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

  John Sentamu

  Children, Abuse, Church

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