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[The Dallas Morning News] 17 Jul 2008--Has the Anglican communion finally reached the end of the line? As bishops of the 70 million-strong global federation of churches meet at the Lambeth Conference in England, the prospect of dissolution has never been more real. The reason? Sex and Scripture.
In particular, Anglicans – whose American branch is the Episcopal Church – are bitterly divided between modernizers, who stand for reinterpreting the Bible to reflect a more inclusive and affirming attitude toward gays and lesbians, and traditionalists, who believe that the church has no moral right to abandon orthodox Christian teaching on sexual morality, including homosexuality. Worryingly for those hoping to hold the 500-year-old church together, a quarter of the world's Anglican bishops – particularly conservative Africans – are boycotting Lambeth.
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