Anglican Church of Canada bishops reject same-sex marriage; laity and clergy support resolution
by David Virtue, VOL:
The Anglican Church of Canada voted at its General Synod in Vancouver this week not to allow a resolution that would have changed the definition of marriage.
The third-largest religious denomination in Canada rejected allowing its clergy to officiate at same-sex marriages. It called for deleting the words “the union of man and woman”.
Voting however was close. The laity voted 80.9 percent in favor, easily passing the required two-thirds threshold. The clergy voted 73.2 percent in favor, but the bishops failed to reach the requirement of two-thirds in favor, with only 62.2 percent voting yes. Two bishops abstained, 14 voted against, and 23 voted in favor.
As VOL predicted, there was much weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth and defiance by progressives. David of Samizdat, an orthodox Canadian Anglican blogger wrote, “There was a lot of emotion following the vote. The final prayer was delivered by a lady who had tears trickling down her face. Like a zombie that just won’t die, the possibility of a new motion to revisit the Marriage Canon resolution was raised from the floor at the end of the evening.”
Almost immediately a number of progressive bishops defiantly announced that they would reject the vote and would proceed with such “marriages” invoking something called “local option.”
Conservative Canadian Anglican blogger David of ‘Samizdat’ wryly noted that 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 was passed by consensus by the Council of General Synod on March 16, 2019.
The document has this statement: Affirmation #2:
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