The Archbishop of Wales speaking at the Church in Wales governing body meeting in Lampeter on 15 September, placed himself firmly in the liberal camp in the split over the place of lesbian and gay people in the Anglican church. Dr Barry Morgan said, "In many countries of or world people are being persecuted simply because of their sexual orientation. In fact there are 80 countries in the world which persecute gay and lesbian people through their penal codes with punishments ranging from death to mutilation and imprisonment. We do not as a church want to do anything that adds to the suffering and marginalisation of such people."

Sion Brynach, communications officer for the Church in Wales was clear that the Archbishop was a liberal thinker. He said, "Yes, this issue is very much a hot topic in the Anglican world and it is fairly clear where the Archbishop himself stands on this issue from his speech. "Archbishop Morgan in fact is more liberal on this issue than the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams who has a more catholic [with a small c] view. "The current stance of the Church in Wales on the issue is basically, not to have a firm stance on it one way or the other."

The Archbishop made it clear he believes the church has a role in speaking on social and political issues. He said clerics were often criticised for not sticking to strictly religious issues. But he said, "The implication of that criticism is that the Christian faith has nothing to do with the issues of daily living but has to do with a relationship with God, separated from and abstracted from the problems of the world in which we live. "The very meaning of incarnation is that this God of Jesus got involved in the mess of daily living not by being religious but by touching the lives of those excluded by religious and moral political authorities."