Gays and lesbians of the world have finally torn the Anglican Church asunder.

The church on Thursday said it had suspended the Episcopal Church, its US branch, for three years after it approved ceremonies for same-sex marriages.

The issue has long strained ties within the estimated 85-million-strong Anglican Communion, which includes more liberal members such as the United States and Britain, and conservatives such as Nigeria and Kenya.

The Episcopal Church last year approved ceremonies for same-sex marriages, shortly after the Supreme Court legalised the practice across the United States.

“The traditional doctrine of the church in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds marriage as between a man and a woman in faithful, lifelong union,” said a statement from a meeting this week of 38 Anglican primates.

“Given the seriousness of these matters we formally acknowledge this distance by requiring that for a period of three years The Episcopal Church no longer represent us on ecumenical and interfaith bodies,” the statement added.

The primates, chief bishops or archbishops of churches within the Anglican Communion, also said the Episcopal Church “will not take part in decision making on any issues pertaining to doctrine or polity”.

The religious leaders had gathered in England at the invitation of Anglican Communion leader Justin Welby, Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury, to discuss key issues, and he is expected to hold a news conference at the end of the meeting on Friday.

A website for the gathering said the decision to suspend the Episcopal Church had been leaked early, prompting them to issue a statement ahead of the news conference.

Declining church attendance in more liberal countries has put pressure on Anglican leaders to be more accommodating on social issues such as same-sex marriage, but that has put them at loggerheads with conservatives.

Homosexuality is either illegal or strongly taboo in several countries with large Anglican congregations.

In 2014, Welby said it would be “catastrophic” if the Church of England, mother church of the Anglican Communion, accepted gay marriage, arguing that the association could lead to the slaughter of Christians in countries such as Pakistan, South Sudan and Nigeria.

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That to accept homosexuality as correct would lead to the slaughter of Christians in some countries should not be the reason to refrain from doing so. The reason is that it runs contrary to the word of God to do homosexuality. Too many times we omit to preach the Bible as it is, preferring instead, to sound correct.

The dude in that picture looks gay himself

Gays and lesbians of the world have finally torn the Anglican Church asunder. And have turned Muslims into sex maniacs all over Germany

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Gays and lesbians of the world have finally torn the Anglican Church asunder. And have turned Muslims into sex maniacs all over Germany

Many Churches no longer use the Bible as a guide in their doctrine and conduct and the Anglican church is a big culprit here. The jugdement of God will surely start in the church and all evil Bishops will be punished. We are critical times when demons have taken over many churches.

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