{"id":23243,"date":"2015-08-21T17:50:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T21:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=23243"},"modified":"2015-08-21T19:43:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T23:43:26","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-marriage-canon-report-almost-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-marriage-canon-report-almost-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada marriage canon report almost complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/articles\/marriage-canon-report-in-final-stages#sthash.hD1h3FTl.uxfs&amp;st_refDomain=t.co&amp;st_refQuery=\/UVCkjkdXTt\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The largest section of the roughly 50-page report will be devoted to biblical and theological reflection on the feasibility of Anglican same-sex marriage. The report will also address other components spelled out in General Synod 2013\u2019s original mandating resolution on the marriage of same-sex couples. These include the wording of any amendment to Canon 21 permitting same-sex marriage, the terms of reference of the Solemn Declaration of 1893, which created the Anglican Church of Canada, and legal aspects of a conscience clause protecting bishops, dioceses, clergy and congregations from being constrained to authorize or participate\u00a0in such marriages against the dictates of conscience.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>It also set additional criteria contained in amendments introduced by diocese of Algoma Bishop Stephen Andrews and Dean Peter Elliott, diocese of New Westminster. The amendments, approved by a vote, stated that the 2016 motion should include supporting documentation that:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cdemonstrates broad consultation in its preparation;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>explains how this motion does not contravene the Solemn Declaration;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>confirms immunity under civil law and the Human Rights Code for those bishops, dioceses and priests who refuse to participate in or authorize the marriage of same-sex couples on the basis of conscience; and<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>provides a biblical and theological rationale for this change in teaching on the nature of Christian marriage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can\u2019t help noticing that the wording of this article is always on the positive side of changing the marriage canon. For example, considering same-sex marriage has not existed in the church for two millennia, I might expect to see a <em>theological reflection on the infeasibility of Anglican same-sex marriage. <\/em>Instead, we read that the reflection will be upon the <em>feasibility of Anglican same-sex marriage. <\/em> Similarly, rather than explain <em>how this motion does contravene the Solemn Declaration, <\/em>we find the opposite. The bias is obvious, surely.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how this could possibly work:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>confirms immunity under civil law and the Human Rights Code for those bishops, dioceses and priests who refuse to participate in or authorize the marriage of same-sex couples on the basis of conscience<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How can a group of clerics expect any pronouncement they make about what may or may not occur under civil law to be taken seriously? Have they all taken a break from their studies of global warming to become civil rights lawyers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the entire article here: The largest section of the roughly 50-page report will be devoted to biblical and theological reflection on the feasibility of Anglican same-sex marriage. The report will also address other components spelled out in General Synod &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-marriage-canon-report-almost-complete\/\">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":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2032,1793],"class_list":["post-23243","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\/23243","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=23243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}