{"id":22230,"date":"2014-11-16T19:49:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T00:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=22230"},"modified":"2014-11-16T20:03:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T01:03:13","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-considers-the-repercussions-of-changing-the-marriage-canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-considers-the-repercussions-of-changing-the-marriage-canon\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada considers the repercussions of changing the Marriage Canon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having already shattered the unity of the Anglican Communion by blessing the union of same-sex couples, the Anglican Church of Canada, in a rare moment of penetrating insight, is considering the remote possibility that pressing ahead with actually marrying same-sex couples will make things even worse.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/articles\/commission-considers-impact-of-canon-change-on-relations\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Commission on the Marriage Canon\u2019s final report will incorporate not only the submissions received from Anglicans across Canada, but will also reflect consultations about how changing the church\u2019s law to allow for same-sex marriage might affect relationships within and outside of the Anglican Church of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that as we engage our conversation around this potential canon, it has implications for our relationships with others \u2014 our relationships across the Anglican Communion and our relationships with our ecumenical partners,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bishop Linda Nicholls\u00a0went on to note\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe also recognize that at some level, this is a no-win proposition,\u201d added Nicholls. \u201cWhatever we put forward, there will be those who are unhappy, in pain, struggling.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That just about sums up the ACoC: pain, struggling, unhappiness and no Salvation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having already shattered the unity of the Anglican Communion by blessing the union of same-sex couples, the Anglican Church of Canada, in a rare moment of penetrating insight, is considering the remote possibility that pressing ahead with actually marrying same-sex &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-considers-the-repercussions-of-changing-the-marriage-canon\/\">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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2032,1793],"class_list":["post-22230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-commission-on-the-marriage-canon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230","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=22230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}