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One of the UK’s most senior gay humanist campaigners has countered the messages of regret voiced in response to the news of that Archbishop Dr Rowan Williams is to stand down from Church of England post.
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A retired Anglican bishop in West Uganda is calling on fellow Anglicans to speak out against the homophobia in his country.
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A move in the UK to allow same-sex couples to hold their civil-partnership ceremonies in religious premises is being opposed by the Church of England.
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Gene Robinson, the Anglican Communion’s first openly gay bishop, is to quit, largely because of the constant opposition to his election by conservatives.
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It’s never been easy being gay – especially gay and religious. It’s got better in some countries – and in my own, the UK, it’s almost cool, and there are laws to protect homosexuals against discrimination.
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Gay bishops are OK. That seems to be the message from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who heads the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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A clergyman in the UK has been passed over for a bishop’s post because he’s gay. It’s emerged that Jeffrey John’s rejection comes after secret talks among senior churchmen, who fear a further split in the Anglican Communion.
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Episcopalians in the US will no longer be able to serve on ecumenical bodies after the church elected a lesbian as a bishop in California. And this applies even to those who are opposed to same-sex relationships.
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Britain’s upper legislative chamber, the House of Lords, has voted to allow the use of religious premises and religious language in same-sex partnership ceremonies.
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The lawmaking body of the Anglican Church has sidestepped the thorny gay issue that has almost torn the church apart, by refusing to officially recognise a breakaway group in the United States.
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The Anglican Covenant - aimed at maintaining unity in the worldwide Anglican Communion - is rejected by Church of England dioceses.
 Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader for 77 million Anglicans around the world, has announced he will be stepping down at the end of this year to take an academic role at Cambridge. University.
A group of prominent Anglicans has written a letter to The Times saying gay marriage is not something to be feared by the Church.
 Anglican bishops in B.C. and the Yukon are calling on
the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings to demonstrate integrity,
fairness, and freedom from political pressure.
 Police in northwestern Ontario have laid more charges against a former Anglican priest and boy scout leader for alleged sexual offences.
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