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Red Arch's daughter marries a vrou, booted out of the SA Anglican clergy
[WAPO] In a country still deeply riven by division over differences -- in race, class, political affiliation and more -- it is Mpho Tutu's "sameness" to her new wife that has created a stir.The Anglican church apparently still has standards. Tutu (now Tutu-Van Furth) is the daughter of South Africa's first black archbishop and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and is really only the "same" as her wife in one way -- they are both women. But in almost every other imaginable way, they are different. Tutu is black, South African, a devout priest and, as she puts it, "vertically challenged." Marceline Tutu-Van Furth is lanky, Dutch, atheist and a professor of pediatric diseases in Amsterdam. South Africa's Anglican church, where Tutu-Van Furth until recently practiced as a priest, isn't ready to accept those with alternative sexualities as members of its clergy. Tutu-Van Furth was ordained at the Historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Va., and since the Episcopal Church, the U.S.-based branch of the Anglican Communion, accepts priests who have entered into same-sex marriages, she can still practice in the United States. Posted by: Besoeker 2016-05-25 |
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