The great irony about all of the folks ripping the good Archbish apart by saying that he is for homo sex but against air pollution is that this reflects an ignorance of the current situation.
This statement by Williams is precisely to cover his left flank because he *has* made moves to essentially cut the liberal homo lobby (i.e. most of the American Episcopal Church) out of the world-wide Anglican communion by telling them that they have to choose between their homosexual bishops and being a part of the Anglican communion. They are very mad at him right now, so he is throwing them a green bone and telling them to chew on it.
Granted, this is all pretty goofy, but then, England is a pretty goofy place these days, all in all.
I won't make any further comments other than to say that most churches have an awful lot to clean up in their own back-yards before they start in on someone else's. If anyone wants a list of problems in their church, they can contact me and give me the name of their church, and I'll be happy to help out -- either by myself providing a "to-do" list for them, or directing them to someone who can.
Until then, I'll primarily be tending to my own back yard.
P.S. I see that the original statement was not by Williams, but by the Bp. of London. Williams got his licks in by mentioning self-control vis a vis sex. I don't know much about London these days... but I feel certain that whatever the man is like, it is a huge step down from the days of Graham Leonard.