{"id":21244,"date":"2014-04-05T20:08:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T01:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=21244"},"modified":"2014-04-05T23:08:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T04:08:17","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-marriage-canon-commission-commences-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-marriage-canon-commission-commences-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada marriage canon commission commences \u201clistening\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not necessarily hearing, though.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"marriagecanoncommission\"In a few weeks, the Anglican Church of Canada\u2019s commission on the marriage canon will invite Anglicans in Canada and across the Communion, as well church ecumenical partners, to offer their views about changing the marriage canon (church law) to allow same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026One of the things the commission wants to make clear is that everyone [in the commission] has an open mind,\u201d said its chair, Canon Robert Falby, in an interview.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What this really means, of course, is that the commission will be working hard \u2013 very hard; it is their main task – to present the illusion of having open minds. After all the talking, alleged listening, indabas and theological papers that we have already been subjected to, any member of the clergy who has not yet made up and closed his mind on the issue has been living in a cave in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the commission reflects the \u201ctheological diversity\u201d that the primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, had promised, Nicholls said, \u201cI think the group reflects the ability to hear the theological diversity of the church.\u201d She added that each member has demonstrated \u201can ability to hear, to listen, to reflect from all perspectives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To confirm my suspicion that the outcome is a forgone conclusion, Bishop William Anderson had this to say in a comment:<\/p>\n

How reassuring that the promise of theological diversity has been replaced by the “ability to hear the theological diversity of the Church”. What this really means is that they will go through the motions of listening, and then present their own already expressed beliefs as representing a ‘fair’ outcome.
\nThe Primate and the members of this panel should be ashamed for having so blatantly perverted a process that was intended to be balanced. All should be ashamed for being involved in this travesty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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