From The Mail and Guardian-The Anglican church of Southern Africa believes same-sex unions are “very unnatural” and that the issue is not up for democratic debate.
That, at least, is according to the second-most powerful person in the church, Sitembele Mzamane, the Bishop of Mthatha, who gave voice to the majority from the church’s provincial synod, which last week voted against blessing same-sex civil marriages.
His comments fly in the face of those made earlier this week by the head of the church in Southern Africa, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba who, in announcing the church’s decision, said: “There are no winners or losers in the kingdom of God, and we recognised that, whichever way the vote went, there was going to be pain.”
The Anglican church of Southern Africa represents Anglicans in South Africa, Swaziland, Angola, Namibia, Lesotho, Mozambique and the island of Saint Helena.
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http://mg.co.za/article/2016-10-06-anglican-church-speaks-with-two-tongues-on-same-sex-unions
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