"Significant and powerful factions of the Church of England and Anglican communion resist [blessing same-sex unions, which she supports]. Gafcon (the Global Anglican Future Conference), a network of conservative churches, has already announced that it receives the news of Bishop Sarah’s appointment 'with sorrow'."

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"and one bishop (the bishop of Ebbsfleet) who does not believe women should be in authority over men in the church. Furthermore, there are still nearly 600 churches, according to Women and the Church, that continue to limit women, where she might not be able to preside over the bread and wine or preach."

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"As archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Sarah will preside over a church that is open to women being priests and bishops but, at the same time, has seven serving bishops who welcome her as their new archbishop but would not personally receive communion from her (the bishops of Blackburn, Chichester, Beverley, Fulham, Oswestry, Richborough and Lewes);"

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"in February of this year at General Synod, the church’s national assembly, she broke down in tears as she brought to mind the many 'micro-aggressions' she has been subjected to. I would hazard a guess that some of those incidents were not micro at all."

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