{"id":32262,"date":"2025-06-27T21:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=32262"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T01:53:46","slug":"bishop-of-ottawa-shane-parker-elected-primate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bishop-of-ottawa-shane-parker-elected-primate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop of Ottawa Shane Parker elected primate"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case anyone is under the impression that things are going to change under the new leader, Parker sets us straight by assuring us that \u201cWe need to think differently and behave differently.\u201d<\/em> Newspeak for thinking and behaving as we\u2019ve done for years.<\/p>\n

As a friend used to say when I worked at IBM and the management changed: “Same circus, different clowns\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

\"\"In a follow-up interview with the\u00a0Journal,<\/em>\u00a0Parker added that he planned, as primate, to continue down the route of change set up by the listening process that brought forth the transformational commitments and the primate\u2019s commission\u2019s pathways\u2014the set of recommendations calling for dramatic change in the church.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people make the mistake of thinking that it is strategic or operational change when in fact it\u2019s cultural change\u201d that\u2019s needed in the church now, he said. \u201cWe need to think differently and behave differently.\u201d The rest of this week\u2019s meeting of General Synod (running June 23-June 29) will determine the shape that change takes, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In case you have any doubt:<\/p>\n

Parker has spoken out publicly in support of LGBT people before, including as a signatory to the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives 2020 declaration, Declaring the Sanctity of Life and Dignity of All. In a 2023 letter Parker commended the commission and its work to his diocese amid what he described as an alarming increase in hateful words, actions and political posturing against LGBT people. \u201cNot everyone or every parish in our diocese participates in Pride events, but each of us are called to participate in making a safe, loving space for 2SLGBTQI+ people, and to build meaningful connections with one another,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does he even know what 2SLGBTQI+ people actually are? Does anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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