{"id":17600,"date":"2012-10-09T21:36:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T01:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=17600"},"modified":"2012-10-09T21:36:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T01:36:16","slug":"diocese-of-edmonton-to-vote-on-same-sex-blessings-at-october-synod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-edmonton-to-vote-on-same-sex-blessings-at-october-synod\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of Edmonton to vote on same-sex blessings at October Synod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/edmonton.anglican.org\/pdf\/pdf\/63rd%20Synod\/63rd%20Synod%20Circular_final_print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, where there is also a report on \u201chuman sexuality\u201d that informs us that it is all about <em>far more than just what is done with our genitalia.<\/em> Who knew? Read it for yourself, but it seems clear to me that the tenor of the report is to push for passage of the resolution while hoping that conservatives don\u2019t leave because of it. After all, they probably contribute most of the money.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Resolution &#8211; G-3 &#8211; Blessing Same-Gender Committed Unions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moved by: Very Rev. Neil Gordon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seconded by: Ven. Chris Pappas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Be it resolved:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That Synod request the Bishop to grant permission to any clergy who may wish to offer prayers of blessing for covenanted same-gender relationships.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>h\/t: <a href=\"http:\/\/reasonfaith.blogspot.ca\/2012\/10\/fyi-and-prayer-one-way-or-another.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Reasonable Faith<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here, where there is also a report on \u201chuman sexuality\u201d that informs us that it is all about far more than just what is done with our genitalia. Who knew? Read it for yourself, but it seems clear to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-edmonton-to-vote-on-same-sex-blessings-at-october-synod\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[2107,1386],"class_list":["post-17600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-edmonton","tag-diocese-of-edmonton","tag-same-sex-blessings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}