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Commission to study church’s position on ordination of gay priests

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has decided to set up a commission to study and summarize its findings on whether openly gay and lesbian people should be ordained as Anglican priests. The commission is expected to complete its work and report to the church’s 2014 General Synod/te Hinota Whanui. At its […]

Gay-dar billboard damaged

Gay-dar billboard damaged

No sooner had the Gay-dar billboard been erected by St Matthew’s in the city when someone decided to vandalise it. Obviously some people think that vandalising a billboard will end the debate. The one good thing to come from the damage to the billboard is that it will result in more publicity for St Matthew’s […]

St Matthew’s supports gay priests

St Matthew’s supports gay priests

St Matthew’s in the City latest billboard campaign is drawing attention to the Anglican Church in New Zealand refusing to consider any candidate for ordination who is gay or lesbian and in a committed relationship. Vicar Glynn Cardy was reporting as saying to the Stuff Newsite that St Matthew’s has had enough of New Zealand […]

Enough is Enough Campaign Launched

Enough is Enough Campaign Launched

A facebook campaign and petition has been launching saying Enough is enough with funding Destiny Church and its anti-LGBT agenda. Destiny Church was awarded $860,000 in government funding last year. Is it not self-evident that to fund and encourage Destiny Church is to fund and encourage religious fundamentalism, and the homophobia that these beliefs inevitably […]

NZAF welcomes papal shift on condoms

As World AIDS Day approaches, Pope Benedict XVI’s comments that condom use in certain situations to prevent the transmission of HIV is acceptable has been welcomed by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) as the beginning of a shift in the Vatican’s previously hard-line stance on condom use. Rachael Le Mesurier, NZAF Executive Director says: […]

Anglican Church not sure of proposed same-sex policy

Anglican Church not sure of proposed same-sex policy

The Anglican Church in New Zealand is reported as been split by a proposed international policy, which will address the issue of same-sex relationships. The proposed covenant aims to provide the church with an international direction on the issue of same-sex relationships. Radio New Zealand reported that “Archibishop David Moxon says the synod is trying […]

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