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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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In London, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Geoffrey Fisher warned Anglican leaders against banning church marriages for divorced persons with living ex-spouses, suggesting resolutions instead to avoid parliamentary challenges and respect clergy liberties under civil law.
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LONDON (AP)—The Archbishop of Canterbury, an outspoken opponent of divorce, has warned Anglican Church leaders against a proposed ban on church marriage of a divorced person whose former spouse is still alive.
The archbishop, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, told the church's top legislative body it should continue to express its disapproval of such marriages by resolution rather than outright ban.
He said Parliament might challenge the state-supported church in a ban that went beyond the civil law.
He added that some clergy value their liberty under civil law to remarry such divorced persons.
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London
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warning against proposed ban; suggestion to use resolutions to express disapproval without conflicting with civil law.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, an opponent of divorce, addressed the church's top legislative body, advising against a ban on church marriages for divorced individuals whose former spouses are alive. He argued for continuing disapproval via resolutions, noting potential parliamentary challenges to a stricter ban and that some clergy value their freedom under civil law to remarry such persons.