Canada: Anglicans on verge of split over same-sex marriage
Canadian church prepares for synod vote as question divides U.S. congregations
MICHAEL VALPY
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

With the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion starting to crumble over homosexuality, Canadian Anglicans know they face the same danger next year when their church's governing council meets to vote on blessing same-sex unions.

At least seven congregations in Virginia have voted in the past few days to leave the U.S. Episcopal Church. They include two large historic parishes dating back to colonial times, Truro Church and Falls Church. As many as 10 per cent of Episcopal parishes elsewhere in the country are expected to follow suit.

At the same time, a clergy group representing 20 per cent of Anglican parishes in England met last week with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, titular leader of the 77-million-member world Anglican Communion, to demand a parallel structure within the Church of England rejecting homosexuality. the rest