When will the Commonwealth and Anglicanism move on from colonial-era prejudices? | Simon Jenkins

It should not have been down to the athlete Tom Daley to call out blinkered attitudes to LGBTQ people

The British empire may be dead but its ghost refuses to lie down. In the past fortnight, two relics, the Commonwealth and the Church of England, have come to prominence, incanting their slogans of virtue. The Commonwealth claims to be a “major force for change in the world”, the C of E to be a bond of “living in love and faith”. They are strong on abstract rhetoric, but leave little firm ground ...