Rowan Williams to Authorise Controversial Civil Unions for Gay Clergy, as long as they don't have sex...

Coming at a very interesting time considering where things stand in the Anglican Communion,

It has been announced that homosexual priests in the Church of England may officially be allowed to take part in civil unions under new proposals drawn up by senior bishops, which was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.

Now, I have to admit that this sounds very like an attempt to appease both sides. None of us are naive enough to think that two people who join in a civil union and presumably live together are not going to have sex. But this way they can tell the liberal side that they're allowing "gay marriage" (even if they're calling it something different), while at the same time telling the conservative side that they're not allowing gay sex.

Methinks neither side will be satisfied with this, but it's an imaginative try. So is this ever going to be thrown open for laity as well, or just gay priests?

Oh, and apropos of nothing, did I mention that The Windsor Report is available online here?