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<ref>https://ashenden.org/2017/10/03/justin-welby-unable-to-give-a-straight-answer-on-whether-gay-sex-is-sinful/</ref> Welby's claim that marriage in the Old Testament was defined sometimes as the union of "a man and several women" was also incorrect. He was confusing polygamy (many marriages, with one wife in each) with polyamory (a group marriage in which all partners are married to each other).
 
<ref>https://ashenden.org/2017/10/03/justin-welby-unable-to-give-a-straight-answer-on-whether-gay-sex-is-sinful/</ref> Welby's claim that marriage in the Old Testament was defined sometimes as the union of "a man and several women" was also incorrect. He was confusing polygamy (many marriages, with one wife in each) with polyamory (a group marriage in which all partners are married to each other).
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Welby generally avoids controversial issues such as abortion and prefers to speak out on poverty and migration. In 2015, he took in Muslim migrants from Syria to live in a cottage at Lambeth Palace, his London residence, sparking criticism that he had never done the same for any of the tens of thousands of homeless British people, many of whom sleep rough on the streets.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11877667/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-gives-refugees-his-home.html</ref>
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Welby generally avoids controversial issues such as abortion and prefers to speak out on poverty and migration. In 2015, he took in Muslim migrants from Syria to live in a cottage at Lambeth Palace, his London residence, sparking criticism that he had never done the same for any of the tens of thousands of homeless British people, many of whom sleep rough on the streets.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11877667/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-gives-refugees-his-home.html</ref>
    
In June 2016, at the time of the Brexit Referendum, he openly campaigned for the UK to remain in the [[European Union]] and did so in terms that were extremely insulting to the Leave campaign, claiming that to wish to regain independence was "succumbing to our worst instincts".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/12/archbishop-of-canterbury-supports-remain-campaign-in-eu-referendum</ref>  
 
In June 2016, at the time of the Brexit Referendum, he openly campaigned for the UK to remain in the [[European Union]] and did so in terms that were extremely insulting to the Leave campaign, claiming that to wish to regain independence was "succumbing to our worst instincts".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/12/archbishop-of-canterbury-supports-remain-campaign-in-eu-referendum</ref>  
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