Modern Australian

How the Anglican Church has hardened its stance against same-sex marriage

  • Written by Muriel Porter, Honorary Research Fellow, Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity

In the aftermath of the legalising of same-sex marriage in Australia, the Anglican Church has ramped up its discrimination against gay people to new heights.

Not content simply with the discrimination built into the legislation – per ministers of religion to refuse to marry same-sex couples – conservatives in the Anglican Church are...