So said one of the people I met this evening regarding + Pete Broadbent.
The majority view was that everyone hoped the marriage would be good for them both and would be an enduring and supportive thing. The problem was that all these celeb' style weddings were more about bling and the event than the people. The support for +Willesden was variable in that whilst they didn't totally agree, they disagreed more with +London!
Seems to many that his friendship with Charles has rather coloured (and shaped) his response and led him to act against nothing more than a little free thinking as if it were a breach of canon law or supporting (or even performing) something that goes against church law, the wishes of the Archbishop of Canterbury or Church unity.
Mind you, when that occurred round the corner from +Richard at St Bart's I don't recall any withdrawing from public ministry (did I miss it?) or anything on a par with the treatment of +Willesden.
Over-reaction made all the more worrying by lack of reaction elsewhere over other issues perhaps?
Think this is a sad issue that's destined to become much more than it ever should have been!
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