{"id":20204,"date":"2013-08-31T22:08:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T02:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=20204"},"modified":"2013-08-31T22:12:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T02:12:15","slug":"anglican-communion-alliance-statement-on-the-anglican-church-of-canadas-intent-to-vote-on-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-communion-alliance-statement-on-the-anglican-church-of-canadas-intent-to-vote-on-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Communion Alliance statement on the Anglican Church of Canada\u2019s intent to vote on same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can read the whole statement here<\/a> on page 5. It would be remiss of me not to mention that, to reflect the importance it assigned to the missive, the Anglican Journal has given the ACA\u2019s statement a prominent column in the letters section. Still, at least it was published.<\/p>\n

The statement makes a good point: if we attempt to bless something that God doesn\u2019t, we are not doing those who supposedly are being blessed any favours:<\/p>\n

The ACA doesn\u2019t view the preparation for changes to the Marriage Canon as a loving gesture towards those with same-sex attraction. To bless and even sanctify what God has not blessed is to lead people in a direction that cannot promise flourishing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Moreover, the ACA has noticed that the ACoC, after years of vehemently denying that it intends to marry same sex couples, is now talking about marrying same-sex couples:<\/p>\n

We are thankful for the pause that slows down the move to adopt sexual innovation in the process dictated by a canonical change to doctrine. We draw attention to the shift in emphasis from \u201cblessings\u201d to \u201cmarriage\u201d that occurred incrementally without discussion and is now before us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having spent decades in conversations, consultations, dialogue and faux-Bantu indabas with the ACoC about same-sex blessings, the ACA is now proposing a radical new strategy to combat the drift towards same-sex marriage<\/em>: conversations, consultations, dialogue and faux-Bantu indabas:<\/p>\n

We endorse heartily the four-part amendment of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews, Bishop of the Algoma, to Resolution C003 to change Marriage Canon XXI to accommodate same-sex marriage, and we look forward to participating in the \u201cbroad consultation\u201d process that determines if a theological rationale exists for gay and lesbian marriage. May God\u2019s grace and truth be our guide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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