{"id":27382,"date":"2019-07-13T13:26:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T17:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27382"},"modified":"2019-07-13T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T17:26:33","slug":"marriage-canon-the-local-option-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/marriage-canon-the-local-option-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage Canon: the Local Option Loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As tax evaders are drawn to tax loopholes, so Anglican bishops are attracted to canon law loopholes. Although the resolution to change the marriage canon failed to pass at synod, resolution A101-R1, adopting the document <a href=\"https:\/\/gs2019.anglican.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/A101-A-Word-to-the-Church-Concerning-Proposed-Amendment-to-the-Marriage-Canon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Word to the Church<\/em><\/a>, did pass.<\/p>\n<p>The document has this statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27383\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prayer-before-results-1068x599-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prayer-before-results-1068x599-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prayer-before-results-1068x599-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prayer-before-results-1068x599-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prayer-before-results-1068x599-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prayer-before-results-1068x599.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Affirmation #2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Diverse Understandings of the Existing Canon<\/strong><br \/>\nWe affirm that, while there are different understandings of the existing Marriage Canon, those bishops and synods who have authorized liturgies for the celebration and blessing of a marriage between two people of the same sex understand that the existing Canon does not prohibit same-sex marriage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, bishops who are already marrying same-sex couples claim that they can do so because the existing canon does not prohibit them; so they can continue. And a motion affirming that idea has been passed.<\/p>\n<p>This is what we&#8217;ve come to in the Anglican Church of Canada: do anything you like as long as you can&#8217;t find a rule that tells you not to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As tax evaders are drawn to tax loopholes, so Anglican bishops are attracted to canon law loopholes. Although the resolution to change the marriage canon failed to pass at synod, resolution A101-R1, adopting the document A Word to the Church, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/marriage-canon-the-local-option-loophole\/\">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":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2375,1390],"class_list":["post-27382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-gs2019","tag-same-sex-marriage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27382","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=27382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}