NZ Anglican Church will address the issue of same-sex relationships.

10 May 2010

The New Zealand Anglican Church is split by a proposed international policy, which will address the issue of same-sex relationships.

The proposed covenant aims to provide the church with an international direction on the issue of same-sex relationships.

Last year, the Anglican Church elected a second openly gay bishop in the United States, an issue which has caused deep division in the world-wide communion of 80 million.

Discussions taking place at a general synod of the church in Gisborne on Monday will form part of an international agreement where a number of issues will be addressed, one of which is same-sex relationships. the rest

Covenant section seen as 'punitive and unAnglican'