(DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania) - Davis Mac-Iyalla, Nigerian gay activist and Anglican lay preacher, has faced death threats, condemnation from church leaders and a push by his parliament to criminalise homosexuality. Led by Archbishop Peter Akinola, Nigeria's Anglican Church is in the forefront of a conservative faction of the world's 77 million Anglicans, which strongly opposes gay rights. Mac-Iyalla said Akinola's hardline stance had more to do with the struggle for influence in the Anglican Communion, where the small but financially powerful U.S. branch is pitted against the churches of the poorer developing world where congregations are growing.
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