Episcopal Church leader will not soften views on gays at Anglican conference, aide says
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press Writer
02/15/2007

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The head of the U.S. wing of the Anglican church, who supports ordaining gays and allowing blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples, will not soften her views, even as the issues threaten to break apart the Christian denomination, her aide said Thursday.

The leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans, who are holding a closed meeting this week in Tanzania, said they would discuss the U.S. response to a 2004 report by an Anglican panel that called for a moratorium on consecrating gay bishops and blessing same-sex unions. the rest