President Barack Obama's announcement of support for gay marriage has inflamed political passions but has not given him a bump in popularity, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday.

A member of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has resigned following the revelation of his public opposition to same-sex marriage.

A SENIOR Church of Ireland bishop has said that he doubts whether the divide on homosexuality between conservatives and liberals in the church can be reconciled.

The New South Wales Supreme has upheld the legality of the Anglican Church of Australia’s clergy disciplinary canons, dismissing a challenge brought by two clergymen disciplined by the Diocese of Newcastle’s Professional Standards Board.

A Victorian equal opportunity board member who sparked a furore over his public position opposing same-sex marriage has quit his post.

Aaqil Ahmed said that it was vital that religious programming promoted “diversity” but insisted that Songs of Praise would always remain Christian.

The General Synod of the Church of Ireland has passed a motion upholding marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

JULIA Gillard has pleaded with supporters to stick with her for the run to the next election.

The State Government says a member of Victoria's Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) who opposes gay marriage has no case to answer.

SEVERAL hundred Anglican Australians are expected to convert to Roman Catholicism while keeping many of their Anglican practices next month after an invitation from Pope Benedict XVI.

Tony Blair has disclosed that he once wanted to end an address to the nation with the words “God bless Britain”.

THE GENERAL Synod of the Church of Ireland has reaffirmed the church’s traditional teaching on marriage as “of one man with one woman”, while welcoming all people as members in a motion passed by two-to-one majority in Dublin on Saturday.

Natural orators can scrawl a few words on the back of a taxi receipt minutes before they’re to perform, and then entrance a large audience with passionate rhetoric and hilarious jokes.

TWO Church of Ireland bishops have taken the highly unusual step of publicly voting against a motion brought by other bishops which re-stated the church’s traditional teaching on marriage.

Far from the cities, even rice is a luxury for many Chinese. Philip Wen reports from Yunnan.