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June 24

I have a question regarding lgbt people in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Are lgbt people only welcome in the church in South Africa and not the other countries the church serves such as Mozambique, and one each in Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Saint Helena? Sphinxmystery (talk) 16:11, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Great question! The article you linked links to Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion, which has standpoints of different churches included within, including a lot of African nations. The short answer seems to be, only South Africa has that stance. RedLinkJ (talk) 16:00, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Anglican Church of Southern Africa#Same-sex unions and LGBT clergy indicates that the individual dioceses within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa are deciding their own stance on the issue, since there is no overall consensus. In the meantime, various working parties are attempting to find acceptable compromises in a thoroughly Anglican way. However, this relates to the thorny issue of same-sex unions and LGBT clergy.

Anglican Church says yes to homosexuals (February 2016) says: "Anglican bishops from across southern Africa have resolved that gay and lesbian partners who enter same-sex civil unions under South African law should be welcomed into congregations as full members of the church". So in theory at least, LGBT people should be welcome in any Anglican church in the province. Alansplodge (talk) 17:17, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, however, .... (Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut). -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:52, 25 June 2018 (UTC)