{"id":27621,"date":"2019-09-10T09:17:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=27621"},"modified":"2019-09-10T09:17:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:17:54","slug":"ripples-of-anglican-angst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/ripples-of-anglican-angst\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripples of Anglican angst"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anglican Church of Canada has placed itself in the odd position of protesting that not everything it does is coloured by obsessive homoerotism while at the same time claiming that the entire province is reeling in shocked disbelief that the marriage canon change failed to pass at synod.<\/p>\n

The reality is that dioceses that want to marry same sex couples are doing so regardless of the vote so it makes no practical difference, and the average person in the pew is indifferent to the all the theatrical antics because he is too old and set in his ways to contemplate whether copulating with someone of the same sex is even possible or worth the attempt, let alone whether the church approves of it.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"Marriage vote failure ripples through church<\/p>\n

General Synod\u2019s failure to pass a resolution to amend the marriage canon to expressly allow solemnization of same-sex marriage, followed by a communiqu\u00e9 from the House of Bishops effectively commending diocesan-based decisions on the matter, has triggered a wave of responses across the Anglican Church of Canada. Bishops, priests, laity, officers and deacons alike have weighed in with concerns about the decision. Some bishops, including then-Primate-elect Linda Nicholls in her capacity as bishop of Huron, have outlined plans to exercise a \u201clocal option\u201d for same sex marriage in their dioceses.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0initial\u00a0announcement of the\u00a0vote\u00a0results left many synod members visibly in shock, with some crying. Almost immediately, delegates approached the microphones and asked about the process by which General Synod could reconsider a vote. But Primate Fred Hiltz, acknowledging\u00a0the \u201cpain in this place,\u201d\u00a0soon\u00a0moved to dismiss synod for the night.<\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>emotional upheaval caused by the results\u00a0<\/span>led to official<\/span>\u00a0statements from all levels of the church.\u00a0<\/span>First to respond\u00a0<\/span>on July 15\u00a0<\/span>was the\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span>of Bishops, whose members had played the decisive role in voting against the\u00a0<\/span>motion<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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