{"id":24089,"date":"2016-07-11T12:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24089"},"modified":"2016-07-11T12:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:20:18","slug":"asking-the-wrong-question-about-the-conscience-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/asking-the-wrong-question-about-the-conscience-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking the wrong question about the conscience clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a \u201cconscience clause\u201d that will permit clergy to opt out of marrying same-sex couples if a change is made to the marriage canon. The question was asked at synod whether legal action could be taken against a cleric who refuses to marry a same-sex couple:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24090\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t1-1024x370.jpg\" alt=\"t1\" width=\"584\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t1-1024x370.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t1-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t1-768x277.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t1-500x181.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24091\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t2.jpg\" alt=\"t2\" width=\"1297\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t2.jpg 1297w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t2-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t2-768x295.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t2-1024x393.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/t2-500x192.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1297px) 100vw, 1297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the wrong question to ask. What should have been asked was: \u201cif I do get sued will the Anglican Church of Canada pay for my defence?\u201d The law will \u00a0not protect a clergyman \u2013 an expensive defence lawyer will. That will be the real test of the ACoC\u2019s commitment to the conscience clause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a \u201cconscience clause\u201d that will permit clergy to opt out of marrying same-sex couples if a change is made to the marriage canon. The question was asked at synod whether legal action could be taken against a cleric &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/asking-the-wrong-question-about-the-conscience-clause\/\">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":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2370,1390],"class_list":["post-24089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-gs2016","tag-same-sex-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24089","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=24089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}