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The decision last Thursday by the Church of England to now blast civil marriages and

partnerships of same-sex couples made precisely no one happy.

For those hoping this synod would amend official church teaching, the measure fell short of

legitimizing so-called gay marriage and the church.

Advocates of historic church teaching and biblical morality see the move as only the latest,

in the wrong direction taken by the Church of England and another indictment of church

leadership, especially that of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York.

In response, the most reverend Dr. Foley Beach, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North

America and Chair of the GaffCon Primates Council, that's a body that represents the majority

of Anglican leadership in churches around the world, bluntly describe what this move by

the Church of England means.

Quote, the decision taken yesterday by the General Senate of the Church of England and

the explanations given, are clear indications that the Church of England is moving a step

at a time to fully accept the practice of homosexuality as part of the life and practice of the

English Church.

To some of us who've been hoping that the Church would remain with her distinctive identity

from those who don't believe the teaching of Scripture, this hope is diminishing.

We've lived through this with other Western Anglican provinces that continually wavered

on the faith once delivered and now outright deny the doctrine of biblical anthropology,

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