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Justin Welby, the leader of the world’s Anglicans, warned Friday that if the Church of England accepted gay marriage, it could prove “catastrophic” for Christians in Africa. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion…

Nigeria, under fire internationally for banning gay marriage and alleged abuses while tackling Islamist insurgents, on Wednesday received its first visit from the United Nations human rights commissioner. But Navi Pillay said she had not come to Africa…

Utah appealed to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to suspend a judge’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage in the western state, prosecutors said. Its attorney general’s office filed an emergency request to stay a decision by judge Robert J. Shelby of…

A federal judge on Friday struck down Utah’s ban on gay marriage, saying that the western state’s law — approved by voters in a referendum in 2004 — violates the US constitution. Judge Robert J. Shelby of Utah’s Federal District Court, said the state…