Equality and Discrimination
European newspapers document the situation in different countries, report on discrimination and discuss same-sex partnerships. They demonstrate how the discussion about gay and lesbian rights is often tied up with current politics and the general mood in the country in question.
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Main focus of Monday, 12. June 2006
Thousands of people gathered in Warsaw this weekend to demonstrate against gay discrimination and for equal rights. The conservative government spoke out clearly against the ... » more
Thousands of people gathered in Warsaw this weekend to demonstrate against gay discrimination and for equal rights. The conservative government spoke out clearly against the demonstration and its demands, but there were no clashes with counterdemonstrators, as had been feared. A sign of growing tolerance in Poland?
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Main focus of Thursday, 22. December 2005
The marriage on Wednesday, December 21 of English pop icon Elton John kicked off the first homosexual unions in England and Wales. The event prompted ... » more
The marriage on Wednesday, December 21 of English pop icon Elton John kicked off the first homosexual unions in England and Wales. The event prompted other European countries to consider their own legislation on the issue.
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Violence and counterdemonstrations
Magyar Narancs - Hungary | Friday, 13. July 2007
Hungarian Secretary of State Gábor Szetey has become the first Hungarian politician to publicly announce his homosexuality - in a speech delivered at the Gay ... » more
Hungarian Secretary of State Gábor Szetey has become the first Hungarian politician to publicly announce his homosexuality - in a speech delivered at the Gay Festival in Budapest. The press is calling Szetey (39) a hero. However, the festival came to a violent end. Right-wing extremists attacked demonstrators at the gay parade. In an interview with Szilvia Szilágyi, Szetey comments. "There is a small but vocal group of right-wing extremists which is intent on offending everyone... According to a survey, 51 percent of the respondents thought my speech was courageous and that it would improve the situation for homosexuals. It's strange that the Conservatives, who attach such great importance to neighbouring states giving their Hungarian minorities equal rights, couldn't care less about equal rights in their own country."
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Népszabadság - Hungary | Monday, 9. July 2007
This year's homosexual 'Gay Pride' parade had a bloody ending: » more
This year's homosexual 'Gay Pride' parade had a bloody ending: members of the right-wing extremist 'Jobbik' party attacked peaceful demonstrators, some of whom were so seriously injured that they had be hospitalised. György Bugyinszki comments: "All those politicians who maliciously claim that this is a 'private affair' are responsible. They just don't want to admit that the gay and lesbian rights movement is fighting for the human dignity of five to ten percent of the population." Bugyinszki also criticises the parties that have failed to distance themselves from right-wing extremist violence. "I accuse them of callously putting the lives of thousands, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands at risk with their prejudices, just because the latter are willing to defend who they are."
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Evenimentul Zilei - Romania | Monday, 11. June 2007
Although the ban on homosexuality in Romania was lifted in 2001, it's still a taboo subject. During a gay parade which took place last Saturday right-wing extremist youths threw stones at the participants and chanted: » more
Although the ban on homosexuality in Romania was lifted in 2001, it's still a taboo subject. During a gay parade which took place last Saturday right-wing extremist youths threw stones at the participants and chanted: "Romania is not a gay nation". Emilian Isaila comments on Romania's homophobia. "It's nothing new that we are a nation that has problems with its minorities, from the president to the last football player. But why is it that each year the gay parade causes a scandal ? This parade brings out all our social prejudices. Romania is a homophobic country and it will be a long time before this attitude disappears."
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Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland | Friday, 9. June 2006
A large-scale demonstration for equal rights for gays is scheduled for June 10 in Warsaw. The demonstration is directed against homophobic tendencies within the Polish government. Claudia Roth, leader of the Green party in Germany, explains in an interview why she plans to participate. "Some people will no doubt wonder what a German politician is doing marching in a Polish equal rights demonstration. The answer is simple: » more
A large-scale demonstration for equal rights for gays is scheduled for June 10 in Warsaw. The demonstration is directed against homophobic tendencies within the Polish government. Claudia Roth, leader of the Green party in Germany, explains in an interview why she plans to participate. "Some people will no doubt wonder what a German politician is doing marching in a Polish equal rights demonstration. The answer is simple: because being a good neighbour in Europe means helping each other out in times of need. It's important that other countries pay attention to German problems, for example the deplorable neo-Nazi and racist attacks. Europe's taking an interest helps Germany to deal with these problems. In the same way, equal rights for gays and lesbians is an international problem.
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Postimees - Estonia | Wednesday, 18. July 2007
The administration of the Estonian capital Tallinn has banned this year's Christopher Street Day march through the old part of the city. A few MEPs have now promised to give the organisers of the event their support. Priit Pullerits thinks they're overreacting: » more
The administration of the Estonian capital Tallinn has banned this year's Christopher Street Day march through the old part of the city. A few MEPs have now promised to give the organisers of the event their support. Priit Pullerits thinks they're overreacting: "The purpose of the parade is to display eccentric behaviour so it's understandable that gay activists don't want to gather in a forest or at a lake, where they can come together without annoying others. This is about the vociferous proclamation of sexual content in public. But one's sexual preferences are a personal issue that doesn't need to be rubbed in your fellow citizens' faces. The organisers claim the parade is necessary to remind people of the existence of their homosexual fellow human beings, however I don't believe there's a single person in Estonia who doubts the existence of homosexual tendencies."
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Diena - Latvia | Monday, 4. June 2007
The Christopher Street Day gay pride parade is a source of deep controversy in Latvia, where the celebrations have repeatedly been the target of homophobic rioting. Banned last year, the 2007 demonstration was allowed to take place last weekend - albeit with certain restrictions. Aivars Ozolins criticises Latvian politicians, and in particular Minister of the Interior Ivars Godmanis and Ainars Slesers, the leader of the Christian Fundamentalist Party: » more
The Christopher Street Day gay pride parade is a source of deep controversy in Latvia, where the celebrations have repeatedly been the target of homophobic rioting. Banned last year, the 2007 demonstration was allowed to take place last weekend - albeit with certain restrictions. Aivars Ozolins criticises Latvian politicians, and in particular Minister of the Interior Ivars Godmanis and Ainars Slesers, the leader of the Christian Fundamentalist Party: "Slesers believes it's his job to use government money to foment hate and intolerance against homosexuals and discredit them as archenemies of the state. Now these politicians have come up with a clever plan: participants in the CSD celebrations are herded together in a park on a small piece of land to which 'unauthorised persons' have no access... The parade is about the integration of these people, yet Godmanis is achieving the opposite by demonstratively marginalising them. This is a parody of the rights of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly which our constitution guarantees."
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La Repubblica - Italy | Sunday, 13. May 2007
Several hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Rome on Saturday, May 12th, a day baptised with an English name, 'Family Day', by catholic organisations. ... » more
Several hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Rome on Saturday, May 12th, a day baptised with an English name, 'Family Day', by catholic organisations. They had called for a big gathering to defend family values and to oppose the Italian version of civil partnership proposed by the centre-left Italian government. The journalist and writer Eugenio Scalfari, founder of the daily, deplores the stronghold that the Church has on Italian society. "The Vatican and the Italian dioceses have turned the Church into a very powerful lobby. They called for the rally in Rome in order to demonstrate their political muscle... . I wouldn't want to use terms too strong, but May 12th was a blow that weakened Italian democracy. Not because a great number of people united to express their support of family values, but because these same people were manipulated by the right and the Church."
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Homophobia and right-wing populism
De Morgen - Belgium | Wednesday, 9. August 2006
"Catholicism is no longer a religion in Poland today but an ideology," state the worried academics Tomek Kitlinski and Stephane Symons in the progressive daily. "The new Polish government is nationalist in the extreme. Its guidelines are: » more
"Catholicism is no longer a religion in Poland today but an ideology," state the worried academics Tomek Kitlinski and Stephane Symons in the progressive daily. "The new Polish government is nationalist in the extreme. Its guidelines are: Poland for the Polish, women in the home, 'holebi' [gays, lesbians, bisexuals] in Hell. Abortion has been outlawed and, worst of all, more and more women are jobless and living in poverty. Homosexuals are insulted in the street, in parliament, in government, and in the media. This homophobia goes hand in glove with antisemitism and hate for Roms and gypsies, and for refugees."
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Népszabadság - Hungary | Monday, 10. July 2006
According to Hungarian philosopher Gaspar M. Tamas, the rise of right-wing populism in Poland and Slovakia is a reaction to neo-conservative and neo-liberal policies. He ... » more
According to Hungarian philosopher Gaspar M. Tamas, the rise of right-wing populism in Poland and Slovakia is a reaction to neo-conservative and neo-liberal policies. He maintains that the right-wing populists of central and eastern Europe want to exercise "authoritarian, religious-ethical control over the private lives of citizens", and that they combine "traditional chauvinism, xenophobia and racism with discrimination against immigrants and minorities, hostility towards women and homophobia. They define 'nation' on a basis of religion, ethnicity and race and have adopted the fascists' hostile attitude towards the west and Russia... Just like in the 1920s and 1930s, this anti-democratic turn is based on chauvinistic-xenophobic and ultra-clerical forces that view the current form of capitalism as 'alien'. They want to domesticate it and curb its unmistakeable social and ethical pathology."
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Večer - Slovenia | Tuesday, 14. March 2006
Slovenian sociologist Tonci Kuzmanic warns in an interview with Sasa Malek about the dangers of verbal racism, or "hate speech", which according to him is ... » more
Slovenian sociologist Tonci Kuzmanic warns in an interview with Sasa Malek about the dangers of verbal racism, or "hate speech", which according to him is widespread in post-socialist systems. "In sociological terms this is cultural racism; in political terms it's democratic post-facism... In contrast to Nazi anti-Semitism, which was undemocratic, today's brand of cultural racism is democratic." Kuzmanic explains that this racism is aimed at homosexuals, leftists, Roma and basically all non-Slovenians. "A new aspect in post-socialist Slovenia is that this hate is to be found in all sections of society. Our government won the elections thanks, among other things, to its 'hate speeches'. Its victims were immigrants from former Yugoslavia."
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De Volkskrant - Netherlands | Tuesday, 15. August 2006
"Developments in Eastern Europe are disappointing because the resistance of existing systems in place has been underestimated," Thomas von der Dunk writes in a piece ... » more
"Developments in Eastern Europe are disappointing because the resistance of existing systems in place has been underestimated," Thomas von der Dunk writes in a piece in the daily paper. "Corruption in Romania appears pretty much ineradicable. In Slovakia a party that openly preaches hate against Hungarians recently came to power. In Latvia the police refuse to protect homosexuals against extreme right violence and can hardly enforce the law against discrimination... The greatest problem is Poland where the government coalition as well as homophobic is xenophobic and antisemitic, and displays an agressive Catholic clericalism which gives us every ground for thinking that the country is distancing itself from modern European civilisation... This doubtless proves there are limits to the depth of pro-western idealism in Eastern Europe."
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Discrimination in everyday life
NRC Handelsblad - Netherlands | Wednesday, 7. June 2006
"Hans Glaubitz, the Dutch ambassador to Estonia, has quit his post prematurely because his partner, a black Cuban, could no longer put up with the ... » more
"Hans Glaubitz, the Dutch ambassador to Estonia, has quit his post prematurely because his partner, a black Cuban, could no longer put up with the homophobia and racism of Estonian society," the economic daily reports. "The difficulties for Glaubitz's partner began a year ago when a Tallinn-based weekly wrote that the appointment of a homosexual ambassador with a black partner should be considered a provocation by the Netherlands. As a result, the partner was forced to put up with verbal insults and threats in the street. ... 'If something transpired in the street, this is very regrettable. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about peoples' bad behaviour. I nonetheless remain convinced that most Estonians are very polite and obliging', said the Estonian foreign ministry spokesperson."
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Delfi - Lithuania | Friday, 25. May 2007
Vilnius will be European Capital of Culture in 2009. Andrius Bielskis sees this is a cause for celebration for all Lithuanians and in particular the ... » more
Vilnius will be European Capital of Culture in 2009. Andrius Bielskis sees this is a cause for celebration for all Lithuanians and in particular the residents of the Lithuanian capital. But at the same time he points out that Vilnius doesn't really convey the impression of being particularly cultivated or open to foreigners. "Vilnius comes over not only as provincial, but also as a xenophobic backwater where people couldn't care less about the European Commission's equal rights initiatives... This includes the rights of homosexuals, who are the subject of heavy discrimination in Lithuania. The atmosphere here can definitely be described as homophobic. The hysteria is also evident in the media's reaction to the accusations, in it's failure to stress that it's important to reject all forms of discrimination, including racial, sexual and religious discrimination."
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Equal rights and the discussion about gay marriage
The Observer - United Kingdom | Tuesday, 29. August 2006
Social affairs correspondent Denis Campbell reports on a new 'gay-friendly' policy in the English football. "Manchester City have decided to challenge football's taboo by becoming ... » more
Social affairs correspondent Denis Campbell reports on a new 'gay-friendly' policy in the English football. "Manchester City have decided to challenge football's taboo by becoming a champion of equal rights, hiring gays to work at its stadium and training ground and attracting new supporters from the city's thriving gay and lesbian community. ... Manchester City already give Manchester's main gay amateur team free coaching and match tickets, advertise in local gay publications, back the city's Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF) and support Aids fundraising initiatives. City have trained all their 175 full-time and 500 part-time staff to be sensitive towards gays as part of a diversity training programme on race, religion, disability and sexual orientation, and banned the use of 'inappropriate' language that their staff, 10 of whom are gay, might find offensive."
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Lidové noviny - Czech Republic | Thursday, 16. March 2006
On March 15, the Czech parliament overrode President Vaclav Klaus' veto against the new law for the legal registration of same-sex marriages by a slim ... » more
On March 15, the Czech parliament overrode President Vaclav Klaus' veto against the new law for the legal registration of same-sex marriages by a slim majority. This makes the Czech Republic the second post-communist state (after Slovenia) in which same-sex marriages are permitted. The law caused a fierce dispute between Klaus and Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek. However, Jan Nemec doubts that this victory will help the prime minister in this summer's elections. "It's unfortunate that such a sensitive ethnic issue became the subject of political debate just a few months before the elections. Paroubek won, but will the gays and lesbians vote for him in June as a token of their gratitude? They probably just feel that they have at last been given something which they were entitled to anyway."
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Polityka - Poland | Wednesday, 22. February 2006
Vaclav Klaus and Lech Kaczynski, the presidents of the Czech Republic and Poland respectively, both stressed that they have imposed strict bans on registered partnerships between homosexuals at a joint press conference held on February 17. Columnist Jerzy Pilch is appalled: » more
Vaclav Klaus and Lech Kaczynski, the presidents of the Czech Republic and Poland respectively, both stressed that they have imposed strict bans on registered partnerships between homosexuals at a joint press conference held on February 17. Columnist Jerzy Pilch is appalled: "It was a disgraceful spectacle...To watch two heads of government taking pride in banning something, boasting about it and competing to see whose better at banning – is this a comedy or a tragedy?"
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La Repubblica - Italy | Friday, 8. December 2006
The editorialist Miriam Mafai is delighted by the Italian government's decision to propose a law on civil partnerships that would stretch to include homosexuals. "This ... » more
The editorialist Miriam Mafai is delighted by the Italian government's decision to propose a law on civil partnerships that would stretch to include homosexuals. "This is finally good news. The decision taken yesterday to present a bill before January 31st to regulate the life of couples living in civil union, is good news on a general political level ... . But is also good news on the concrete level of civil rights. Men and women are asking with ever-increasing urgency, for absolute freedom of choice and respect of this choice. And at the same time, they want us to recognise their new freedom and their new rights".
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The EU's anti-discrimination policy
Wprost Online - Poland | Thursday, 15. June 2006
On June 15, the European Parliament will vote on a proposal for a resolution against racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic violence within the EU. The proposal ... » more
On June 15, the European Parliament will vote on a proposal for a resolution against racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic violence within the EU. The proposal lists examples of such violence in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and Poland. Brussels correspondent Dominika Cosic finds the criticism voiced against Poland during the parliamentary debate on this subject overly harsh. "Unfortunately, Wednesday's debate in Strasbourg turned into an embarrassing competition about who could heap the most abuse. You may or may not like [Poland's ultra-right governing party] LPR, but you can't really compare it with the fascist NSDAP, which is what its opponents more or less did...Now that Poland has been singled out by certain members of the elite as a centre of intolerance, it seems people think they needn't try to maintain even a semblance of objective debate in their attacks against Poland.”
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Culture and homosexuality
Hospodářské noviny - Czech Republic | Thursday, 31. May 2007
"The popular Teletubbies are being screened for homosexuality. In order to avoid raising suspicion of corruption the Prime Minister doesn't have a personal bank account. ... » more
"The popular Teletubbies are being screened for homosexuality. In order to avoid raising suspicion of corruption the Prime Minister doesn't have a personal bank account. An MEP and his son, the Minister of Education, are calling Darwin's theories into question with the aid of EU funding. And the promotion of homosexuality is to be forbidden in schools." This is how Martin Ehl sums up the latest headlines in Poland, which are raising eyebrows abroad and which "aren't exactly flattering", as he puts it. "The leading politicians of the governing conservative-nationalist coalition are often in conflict with current opinion in Europe and also with certain fundamental European norms... The majority of Poles fear that the above mentioned reports will make them the subject of ridicule. On the other hand they really take the government's policies seriously. Only around 30 % thought the question of the sexual orientation of the Teletubbies was a joke."
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Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland | Friday, 22. September 2006
Polish novelist Michal Witkowski has reached the final of Poland's 2006 Nike literary competition. Talking to Sebastian Lupak he describes how critics have reacted to ... » more
Polish novelist Michal Witkowski has reached the final of Poland's 2006 Nike literary competition. Talking to Sebastian Lupak he describes how critics have reacted to the gay themes in his book, 'Lubiewo'. He criticises literary reviewers, saying many of them think in categories. "For me, the book can only be judged accurately if you see it as being about the world, about people in general, communism, the mechanisms of lust, the body, dirt and the middle classes. ... Michel Houellebecq criticises hedonistic society in a similar way in his prose. But he's heterosexual so according to critics his prose applies to everyone while mine only applies to gays. He can talk about the entire world while I'm still stuck in a fixed category. It's strange."
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Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland | Monday, 19. December 2005
In the paper's weekend supplement, Kinga Dunin, a literary critic and Poland's leading feminist, describes how the situation of homosexuals had changed in Poland. She ... » more
In the paper's weekend supplement, Kinga Dunin, a literary critic and Poland's leading feminist, describes how the situation of homosexuals had changed in Poland. She touts the recent emergence of gay-lesbian literature like Michal WItkowski's novel "Lubiewo" as a step forward. "In a way, 'coming out' hasn't happened yet here, and gays and lesbians are still hidden in the closets, but now those closets are bigger, better-equipped and more liberal. You can meet people with diverse preferences there and have a good time together. Passers-by look through the window and are still a little perturbed, but at least nowadays they hardly ever throw stones at you."
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Berliner Zeitung - Germany | Monday, 10. April 2006
Nikolaus Bernau presents artists Michael Almgreen and Ingar Dragset's winning design for a Berlin memorial to the homosexuals persecuted under the Nazis. "A light cement block stands between the trees of the Tiergarten on Friedrich-Ebert Street, across from the field of stele, Peter Eisenman's Holocaust memorial. One corner in this single stele is open, inside a film is flickering, which one can see from a distance. But you have to go right up to the block and look through the little window to experience the irritation of the cuboids tipped against each other and to see the film of two men kissing." Bernau quotes Michael Elmgreen on his idea. "It's as if one of the blocks from the Holocaust memorial snuck across the street one night, planted itself in the woods and said: » more
Nikolaus Bernau presents artists Michael Almgreen and Ingar Dragset's winning design for a Berlin memorial to the homosexuals persecuted under the Nazis. "A light cement block stands between the trees of the Tiergarten on Friedrich-Ebert Street, across from the field of stele, Peter Eisenman's Holocaust memorial. One corner in this single stele is open, inside a film is flickering, which one can see from a distance. But you have to go right up to the block and look through the little window to experience the irritation of the cuboids tipped against each other and to see the film of two men kissing." Bernau quotes Michael Elmgreen on his idea. "It's as if one of the blocks from the Holocaust memorial snuck across the street one night, planted itself in the woods and said: Look, I'm part of this story too, but I'm something else. I'm gay."
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The Church and homosexuality
La Repubblica - Italy | Wednesday, 14. March 2007
In the text Sacramentum Caritatis, an apostolic exhortation published on March 13th, Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refuse laws that are "contrary to human nature": » more
In the text Sacramentum Caritatis, an apostolic exhortation published on March 13th, Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refuse laws that are "contrary to human nature": abortion, euthanasia, and homosexual union. "When the Church chooses to prohibit", is the title of an article written by Giusseppe Albergio, a professor who teaches History of the Church at the University of Bologna. "I have noticed that much of the behaviour censored by the Pope (for example the participation of divorcees from the sacraments) is still practiced by a majority of believers. I am reminded of Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae. It is analogous in many ways and was totally rejected by the entire Catholic world. ... The exhortation has a general scope and does not focus directly on Italian problems. Nonetheless, especially after the discussions over these past weeks [around a law on homosexual union], we cannot ignore the part that directly concerns the legislators of the Catholic faith. This is an opportune reminder; it is even a bit of a tautology."
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The Times - United Kingdom | Tuesday, 20. June 2006
The right-leaning daily fears a possible schism in the Anglican Church after the U.S. branch of the communion elected as its leader a woman who ... » more
The right-leaning daily fears a possible schism in the Anglican Church after the U.S. branch of the communion elected as its leader a woman who does not regard homosexuality as a sin. "The election of the Right Rev Katharine Schori to be Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States may be as much a reflection of the rivalries within that body as a calculated challenge to the wider Anglican community [which numbers 77 million members worldwide]. Yet it will still have the effect of pouring more petrol on a raging fire. Her elevation may well entrench attitudes within the Church of England over the appointment of women bishops, deepen the Anglican divide on homosexuality and render a formal schism more probable. ... The Anglican Church today appears less a 'rainbow coalition' than a cast of angry, incompatible, colours."
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