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Christian countries in Africa have kept up pretence of separation of church and state

The Church of England's General Synod a fortnight ago voted narrowly to permit priests to bless same-sex marriages and kicked off a hell of a storm in the Protestant church in Africa.

The Church of England's General Synod a fortnight ago voted narrowly to permit priests to bless same-sex marriages and kicked off a hell of a storm in the Protestant church in Africa.

In East Africa, an angry Church of Uganda announced that it had started the process of splitting from Canterbury, the seat of the Anglican Church.

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