Gay cleric less scary than hairy primate

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: June 8, 2003 | Copyright information

A nice enough American clergyman chappie who appears to be doing quite well in his job is up for promotion. He happens to be gay ("Gay canon who left wife is favourite to be Anglican bishop", News, June 1). Who cares?

Surely even the most splenetically homophobic of your readers would agree that devoting a full half-page to this ...

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