{"id":24200,"date":"2016-07-16T22:34:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=24200"},"modified":"2016-07-16T22:55:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T02:55:22","slug":"bishops-start-worrying-about-unity-after-marriage-canon-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bishops-start-worrying-about-unity-after-marriage-canon-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishops start worrying about unity after marriage canon vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Considering dozens of parishes have left the Anglican Church of Canada since 2008, numerous dioceses and their bishops have sued parishes and individuals over property ownership and hurt feelings, and a number of high profile clergy were inhibited by their bishops, it\u2019s about time that <em>someone<\/em> started worrying about unity. Unfortunately, since most of the bishops now wringing their hands are liberals who were &#8211; and still are &#8211; \u00a0the cause of the disunity, all this tearful posturing accomplishes is illustrate the contempt bishops have for their flocks who, they must think, will fall for it all &#8211; again.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/articles\/in-wake-of-same-sex-marriage-vote-some-bishops-fret-for-unity-of-church\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Canadian Anglican bishops have begun to respond to General Synod\u2019s provisional vote on same-sex marriage in starkly different ways: a number have called for prayers, some announced they will now allow religious weddings for same-sex couples and others have expressed anxiety about unity in the church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Melissa Skelton, bishop of the diocese that set the ball rolling in our current Canadian Anglican dystopia, condescendingly implies that those who disagree with same-sex marriage, do so only because they are \u201cnot ready\u201d, not because they have good reasons for disagreeing. The condescension continues when she asks how the ACoC can <em>&#8220;continue to make room for their point of view in a sensitive and caring way&#8221;.<\/em> I suppose it will continue as it started: conservatives will be herded into fundamentalist ecclesial ghettos, out of sight and mind; a few tame residents will occasionally be let out for good behaviour and paraded before diocesan synods as a show of inclusivity.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bishop Melissa Skelton, of the diocese of New Westminster, said she was \u201crelieved\u201d by the vote, which she said gay and lesbian people would see as an affirmative step. However, she added in an interview, \u201cIn my province, and among my friends in the House of Bishops, I\u2019m very concerned for those who feel that they\u2019re not ready for that. How do we continue to make room for their point of view in a sensitive and caring way?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering dozens of parishes have left the Anglican Church of Canada since 2008, numerous dioceses and their bishops have sued parishes and individuals over property ownership and hurt feelings, and a number of high profile clergy were inhibited by their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bishops-start-worrying-about-unity-after-marriage-canon-vote\/\">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":[1390],"class_list":["post-24200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-same-sex-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200","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=24200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}