South Africa's Anglican Bishops Move Toward Gay Inclusion

St. Michael and St. George Cathedral in Grahamstown, South Africa. Image via michaeljung/Shutterstock.com

South Africa’s Anglican bishops have taken an initial step toward including LGBT people as full members of their congregations with the passage of a resolution at a meeting in the Grahamstown Diocese. The resolution now goes to the Provincial Synod, the church’s top decision-making body, which meets later this year, said Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town.

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