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February 3 Toronto The House of […]

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1978-02-03

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February 3 Toronto The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada released a statement affirming that "homosexual persons are entitled to equal protection under the law with all other Canadian citizens." But the Church would not perform holy unions for homosexual couples, as "It is clear from Holy Scripture that only the sexual union of male and female can find expression within the covenant of holy matrimony."

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February Toronto MCC decided to end […]

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Toronto

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Anglican Church of Canada

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"No Wedding for Gays, Church Says," Ottawa Citizen, weekend ed., 4 February 1978, p. 68."Gay Marriages Banned for Anglicans," Montreal Gazette, 11 February 1978, p. 10"Bishops Support Gay Legal Rights," Canadian Churchman, March 1978, p. 1"Bad News/Good News," Body Politic, no. 41 (1978), p. 1"Anglicans against Gay Marriages," Ottawa Journal, 9 February 1978, p. 31