{"id":27467,"date":"2019-07-18T14:25:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27467"},"modified":"2019-07-18T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T01:51:39","slug":"diocese-of-new-westminster-will-ignore-marriage-canon-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-new-westminster-will-ignore-marriage-canon-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of New Westminster will ignore Marriage Canon vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Melissa Skelton has announced that the diocese will proceed with same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n<p>Up until now, the diocese did not permit the marriage of same sex-couples because it was waiting for the result of the 2019 Synod vote. Now the synod has voted \u201cno\u201d to same-sex marriage, the diocese is proceeding anyway. That is what passes for rational thinking in the Anglican Church of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>As far as I know, these are the dioceses that will marry same-sex couples:<\/p>\n<p>Diocese of New Westminster<br \/>\nDiocese of Toronto<br \/>\nDiocese of Niagara<br \/>\nDiocese of Montreal<br \/>\nDiocese of Ottawa<br \/>\nDiocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island<br \/>\nDiocese of Rupert\u2019s Land<br \/>\nDiocese of Kootenay<br \/>\nDiocese of Edmonton<br \/>\nDiocese of B.C.<br \/>\nDiocese of Huron<br \/>\nPlease let me know if I have missed one.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Pastoral-Letter-from-Archbishop-Melissa-Skelton.html?soid=1102181436570&amp;aid=0fUEq_N3MUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27468\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-18_142322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-18_142322.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-18_142322-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-18_142322-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-18_142322-468x300.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/>As of August 1, 2019<\/strong> , I will authorize a liturgy for the marriage of same-sex couples within the Diocese of New Westminster under the following conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the priest wishing to officiate at the marriage make a request of me to use that liturgy and work in consultation with me in preparing to conduct that liturgy.\u00a0I specify this in that I want us all to learn together as we gain experience in working with this new liturgy and in preparing same-sex couples for the sacrament of marriage.<\/li>\n<li>that the Parish Council of any church hosting or wanting to host the marriage of same-sex couples concur with and embrace the decision for same-sex marriages to occur there, and<\/li>\n<li>that any same-sex couple wishing to be married satisfy all the typical and important requirements for marriage (proper preparation for marriage, at least one of the couple having been baptized, that the marriage take place in a church or another public place).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I expect the first two conditions to be temporary until we as a community become familiar with this change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Melissa Skelton has announced that the diocese will proceed with same-sex marriages. Up until now, the diocese did not permit the marriage of same sex-couples because it was waiting for the result of the 2019 Synod vote. 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