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In 2008, it voted to ordain women as bishops, and many recent meetings have included discussion of same-sex marriages.

The world, as even an American teenager knows, has moved beyond that limited view of gender, and nothing will change that — not even an order from a man who believes his presidency is divinely ordained.

It is designed to make it clear that the new king is the legitimate monarch, ordained by God.

While there are women bishops, there are also male bishops who are allowed to refuse to ordain women.

Smyth was a prominent barrister as well as a lay preacher - a member of the congregation who delivers sermons but is not ordained - who ran summer camps for young Christians.