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  • 13 Nov 2007
    A church house divided against itself

    Parallels between civil wars and the escalating crisis within American Anglicanism are now being made, says Giles Fraser. Issues of truth and justice cannot be suppressed by a false and forced kind of unity.

  • 12 Nov 2007
    Mixed reaction to Evangelical appointment on equalities commission

    The surprise appointment of Evangelical Alliance UK head the Rev Dr Joel Edwards to the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has already caused some controversy, especially among campaigners for lesbian and gay rights.

  • 17 Oct 2007
    Anti-gay stance distances church from the young

    For many years now, high profile Christian leaders have been saying that homosexuality is destroying the church, says Tim Nafziger. It turns out that it may be their homophobia that is isolating the church from young people and many others.

  • 5 Oct 2007
    Anglican commitee backs US Episcopal Church compromise

    A joint report from the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates of the Anglican Communion has found that the Episcopal Church has "clarified all outstanding questions" relating to its response to the requests of the Windsor Report on the sexuality row.

  • 4 Oct 2007
    White Anglicans accused of pressuring African churches on anti-gay agenda

    Gayy Christians in the UK have criticised primarily white conservative Christians for pressurising African Anglican leaders, and have said that the US Episcopal Church's compromise in saying it will not ordain gay people or bless partnerships at the moment will backfire.

  • 26 Sep 2007
    Mixed response to US Episcopal compromise on gay issue

    There has been a decidedly mixed initial response to the attempt of the Episcopal Church in the USA to reach a compromise over the issue of lesbian and gay blessings and ordinations, with some media commentators hailing it as a refusal to give in and others seeing it as a cave-in.

  • 20 Sep 2007
    Williams putting earthly position ahead of moral principle on gay issue, campaigner says

    The UK human rights campaigner and Green Party parliamentary candidate Peter Tatchell has reacted strongly to news that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will seek to persuade US Anglican bishops to backtrack on gay inclusion and equality.

  • 3 Aug 2007
    Nigerian Primate may ordain breakaway Church of England bishop

    A report in this week’s Church of England Newspaper (3 August 2007) claims that Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria may ordain a bishop for an English jurisdiction before the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops in 2008.

  • 1 May 2007
    Scottish Christian Party tries to be 'so macho'

    As Labour and the Scottish Nationalists battle for control of Holyrood on 3 May, an extreme political party claiming to speak on behalf of Christians is comparing equalities legislation with Nazi anti-Semitism.

  • 2 Apr 2007
    Williams critics say church must face the facts on homophobia

    Church of England chief Rowan Williams says that Anglicans should be listening to lesbian and gay people and opposing discrimination and homophobia. But critics want to see action.