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Meanwhile, in a refreshing and all too rare indication that some of the earthly verities remain as yet unchanged, the Anglican Communion is getting all worked up about sex. The first Lambeth conference in fourteen years has been thrown into a tizzy by motions demanding that the Church clarify its equivocal position on same-sex unions, which at present are just about permissible given an appropriate degree of shame and subservience. Apparently under the impression that there is something un-Christian about gay-baiting, and perhaps even about factionalism, the more hypocritical wing of the Church has registered righteous horror at the proposals. The bishop of Los Angeles warned that the conference might yet register support for a position that "divides, hurts, scapegoats and denies," thereby separating sheep from goats and bringing not peace, but a sword.