{"id":23873,"date":"2016-04-02T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=23873"},"modified":"2016-04-02T22:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T02:49:12","slug":"there-is-a-facebook-group-for-those-who-want-to-see-the-marriage-canon-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/there-is-a-facebook-group-for-those-who-want-to-see-the-marriage-canon-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a Facebook group for those who want to see the Marriage Canon changed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like-minded same-sex marriage enthusiasts have set up a Facebook group to encourage one another in their desire to see a Marriage Canon change to accommodate same-sex couples. As of this writing, there are 1269 members. In the spirit of full inclusion, it is a closed group, so you can only see what is going on if you join. I did and here<\/a> is the stated purpose of the group:<\/p>\n

As administrators of this group, we want to reiterate our purpose because we have more than doubled membership over the past couple of days. It’s important that we are all on the same page and that we continue to promote a safe space where people can be free to express their thoughts, feelings and emotions.<\/p>\n

We want to clarify for everyone who is part of this group our intent in coming together here as stated in our description …<\/p>\n

“This is to be a forum for support and to encourage each other as we head into this important conversation. Many continue to feel hurt and excluded; others are wanting to continue working for justice, respect and dignity for all as equal members of the body of Christ … the living out of our baptismal covenant. Pray for wisdom and the grace of God through the Holy Spirit as we continue this prophetic mission and ministry for equality for all, and especially our LGBTQ community!”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We trust that everyone who is here as a member of this group shares this purpose and desires this outcome.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The last sentence confirms that dissenters are unwelcome, a fact whose accuracy was reinforced after I posted this:<\/p>\n

I’m opposed to changing the marriage canon but thought I would join the group to see if anyone has said anything that might change my mind. They haven’t.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The reply:<\/p>\n

I was under the impression that people who have joined this group understood that Jesus loves everyone, all inclusive. I’m all for healthy debate but I’m unsure if that is possible in this situation.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, as you can see, with full inclusion, no debate is possible.<\/p>\n

Very shortly after posting my comment I was booted out of the group by the moderators.<\/p>\n

I feel so excluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like-minded same-sex marriage enthusiasts have set up a Facebook group to encourage one another in their desire to see a Marriage Canon change to accommodate same-sex couples. As of this writing, there are 1269 members. In the spirit of full … Continue reading →<\/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":[280],"tags":[2032,1390],"class_list":["post-23873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-same-sex-marriage-2","tag-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-same-sex-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23873","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=23873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}