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Reverend Mpho Tutu-van Furth, Desmond Tutu’s daughter, has given up her Anglican Church license following her marriage to Marceline van Furth in December.

Tutu-Van Firth told South Africa’s City Press  Bishop Raphael Hess of the Diocese of Saldanha Bay was told to take away her license after news broke of her marriage. She chose to return it before it was revoked by the church.

“My wife and I meet across almost every dimension of difference. Some of our differences are obvious; she is tall and white, I am black and vertically challenged. Some of our differences are not apparent at a glance; she is Dutch and an atheist, I am South African and a priest in the Episcopal/Anglican Church,” Tutu-Van Firth told South Africa’s City Press.

“Ironically, coming from a past where difference was the instrument of division, it is our sameness that is now the cause of distress. My wife and I are both women,” Tutu-Van Firth continued.

Tutu-Van Firth and her wife Marceline are currently on their honeymoon in Bali.