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The margin was 173-22, and the move stemmed from the ordination of a gay man.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=128263&pollId=128363&channel=aol_us_news8&popup=yes" href="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=128263&pollId=128363&channel=aol_us_news8&popup=yes" style="font-size: 11px;">webcenter.polls.aol.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=128263&pollId=128363&channel=aol_us_news8&popup=yes"><DIV class="poll_body"> <DIV class="poll_header poll_text_1">Do you think homosexuals are qualified to serve as clergy?</DIV> <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="poll_answer"><TBODY><TR class="poll_row_1"><TD class="poll_answer_td"><INPUT type="radio" name="vote203433" value="814390" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" /></TD><TD class="poll_answer_td_2 poll_text_2">Yes</TD></TR><TR class="poll_row_0"><TD class="poll_answer_td"><INPUT type="radio" name="vote203433" value="814391" /></TD><TD class="poll_answer_td_2 poll_text_2">No</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV class="clear"></DIV> <DIV class="poll_footer"> <DIV class="botFtrBtn"> <A href="#" class="vote">Vote</A> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/episcopal-diocese-secedes-from-church/20071208173309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001" href="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/episcopal-diocese-secedes-from-church/20071208173309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001" style="font-size: 11px;">news.aol.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/episcopal-diocese-secedes-from-church/20071208173309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001">The Episcopal Church is the U.S. member of the global Anglican Communion, a 77 million-member fellowship that traces its roots to the Church of England.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/episcopal-diocese-secedes-from-church/20071208173309990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001">Anglicans have been moving toward a worldwide schism since 2003, when the Episcopal Church consecrated the first openly gay bishop, V. 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