The World - News from Aug. 25, 1988
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Leaders of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination, the United Church of Canada, ruled that homosexuals may be considered for the ministry. The 205-160 vote by the church’s general council followed months of heated debate in which one-quarter of the church’s 4,000 ministers and 30,000 of its 860,000 members signed a declaration opposing the ordination of homosexuals. The decision could lead to a possible schism in the church.
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