Soulforce, a gay action group co-founded by one of Jerry Falwell's ex-workers, has sent condolences to his family and friends upon news of his death. A beacon of the religious right, Falwell implacably opposed homosexuality.

Episcopal bishops in the USA say attempts to impose a parallel leadership on them and to make them exclude gay people are against Gospel and Reformation principles. They have asked to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury.

A major evangelical agency supports full equality in public services, and says this needs to be separated from church rows about sexuality