{"id":6972,"date":"2014-09-02T08:10:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/church-of-scotland-faces-staffing-crisis-as-ministers-quit-over-gay-clergy\/"},"modified":"2014-09-02T08:10:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:10:23","slug":"church-of-scotland-faces-staffing-crisis-as-ministers-quit-over-gay-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/church-of-scotland-faces-staffing-crisis-as-ministers-quit-over-gay-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Scotland faces staffing crisis as ministers quit over gay clergy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Church of Scotland faces staffing crisis as ministers quit over <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> clergy<\/b><br \/>\nThe Church of Scotland has lost a further two ministers in an ongoing row over <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> clergy. 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