“in a church which accepts the legitimacy of contraception, the absolute condemnation of same-sex relations of intimacy must rely either on an abstract fundamentalist deployment of a number of very ambiguous texts, or on a problematic and non-scriptural theory about natural complementarity, applied narrowly and crudely to physical differentiation without regard to psychological structures.” - Archbishop Rowan Williams

I've been watching this thread at Pontifications. Healy makes another good point. My mentor Fr. Crary and I have for sometime discussed the need for a reversal of our Church's teaching on contraception as necessary in returning to orthodox and Catholic teaching on marriage and sexuality.

The issue of contraception is one in which sex is turned into a purely sensual pursuit, without the fullness so inherent in the act. No longer does a husband truly give himself to his wife. He becomes instead an instrument of her pleasure. The same is true vice versa. If sexual relations are merely about pleasure and fulfillment of desires, then clearly we must allow for homosexual activity, for procreation is no longer inherent in the act. Colleen O'Carrol shows us with alarming insight that my generation is not only calling for sexual orthodoxy, but for full orthodoxy in these matters. So, the message is this to orthodox groups within the Anglican Communion - fully reform the teaching of the Church. Let us bring doctrinal clarity and cohesiveness in this time of confusion, that we may be fully God's people.