A gay bishop might be the painful medicine the Anglican Communion needs
The Church of England has dropped the opposition to gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops.
The Church of England has dropped the opposition to gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops.Unlike women bishops, the issue of homosexuality has global ramifications for the Church of England, which heads up the world’s 80-million-strong Anglican Communion.
Because of the Church of England’s symbolic position, conservative Anglicans in America, Australia and much of Africa have threatened to create a breakaway church if it makes anyone openly gay a bishop.
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