The Epoch Times By
A senior Australian Anglican minister has said the Anglican church’s stance in the same sex marriage debate has been influenced by global political trends rather than the authority of the Bible.
The comment comes after Australia’s General Synod in May saw the majority of bishops refuse to affirm man-woman marriage, with progressive bishops saying it excludes the LGBT community.
Zachary Veron, senior minister of Bayside Anglican Church in Sydney, told The Epoch Times that the traditional concept that marriage is between a man and a woman “ought not to be controversial” because it has been “the case for thousands of year.”
