Michael Bird’s latest statement on same-sex marriage informs us that he intends to adhere to this:
Accordingly, and in concert with several other bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, it is my intention to immediately exercise this authority to respond to the sacramental needs of the LGBTQ2 community in the Diocese of Niagara. In the absence of any nationally approved liturgy, I am authorizing The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage and The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage 2 for use in our diocese. These newly created rites of The Episcopal Church in the United States of America may be used for the marriage of any duly qualified couples. Clergy intending to use these rites will, for the time being, be required to notify the Bishop’s Office in advance.
In practice, this means marrying two people in a “committed adult same-sex relationship”. The problem is, Bird also says he intends “to respond to the sacramental needs of the LGBTQ2 community in the Diocese of Niagara”. The rite Bird intends to use “may be used for the marriage of any duly qualified couples”. Not threesomes.
The “B” in LGBQT2 represents bisexuals. In order to fulfil his – God given, Bird would claim – nature urging him to have sex with both a man and a woman, a bisexual has to marry two people.
It pains me to say it, but bisexuals will be discriminated against in the Diocese of Niagara.
Perhaps the Bird should make it easier and join the Episcopal Organization, it pretty clear that either way he is off the list for future Lambeth.
That’s way too exclusionary for me — I’m out. Call me when the ACoC recognizes the right to asexual marriage…
Now the marriage capital of the world will become the apostate Gretna Green.
Niagara diocese will experience a disproportionate growth in Anglican numbers once Michael’s LGBT agenda is implemented. An exponential increase in parishes throughout the diocese will reflect the enormous numbers of LGBT members who will flock to diocesan churches seeking Anglican endorsement.
I believe Fred Hiltz made his presence known recently at a “gay Mass” held in Toronto. Niagara cannot wait to join in with their vast numbers. No more closing parishes.
Was this not the same diocese that allowed the hallowed and dignified Christ Church Cathedral to be openly used as a venue for the profanity of the “Vagina Monologues”? (Now rejected by most ardent feminists as a document of white female privilege.) Indeed, what is to follow?