Many Nova Scotian Anglicans are reacting with dismay and anger to their national church body's decision not to recognize same-sex marriage.
The reaction follows a vote at the church's general meeting in Vancouver on Friday.
The motion was to change the church's marriage canon to remove references to a union between a man and a woman. This would have effectively rewritten the church's marriage ceremony to include same-sex couples.
"The mood after the vote was very sombre, it was a lament," said Kyle Wagner, the rector of Christ Church in Dartmouth and a delegate to the Anglican Church of Canada's general synod.
"Immediately we heard cries, really wailing. People were so hurt."
The decision falls at the same time as LGBT communities in many parts of Nova Scotia are marking Pride celebrations.
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