The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada narrowly avoided affirmation of a "local option" for dioceses to authorize the blessing of committed same sex unions. The resolution was passed in the Orders of Laity and Clergy (Laity voting 78 for and 59 against; Clergy, 63 for and 53 against but was defeated by the Order of Bishops (19 for, 21 against). A vote by Orders requires that a resolution be passed in each of the three Orders in order to be carried.
There's a blow-by-blow over at the Essentials LiveBlog here.
This evening I gave the Primate's farewell banquet a miss to walk over to Norwood to see where we lived when Anthony was born 31 years ago. A lovely long walk to work the stresses out. I certainly feel better than I did at lunch time after the doctrine resolution.
Sad. Yet comforting to know we're led by people who know better than God. And a relativistic God will be more saleable than the old absolute one. Uh, one thing: who"s going to tell God - the old one - that He's fired?
ReplyDeleteThis is a terrrible day. Why does the Anglican church want to make it even harder to reach members of Jehovah's Witness and other high control groups?
ReplyDeleteI was married to one and if we were still together than today I would give up all hope. Maybe the Anglican church should put some bibles in the pews so that the people can know that God stands for something.
Alex