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GAY marriages and openly gay clergy have no place in the Anglican Church after the General Synod yesterday affirmed its fierce opposition to liberal elements that have exposed deep divisions in the church.
Despite passionate appeals from Anglican progressives, the evangelical wing of the church, which has its strongest support in Sydney, carried a resolution that affirmed support for the Howard government initiative that defines marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman.
The evangelicals, who base their argument on a literal reading of the scriptures, have been strongly opposed to the progressives, who say that Biblical teachings are...