TEC General Convention: Racism accusations hurled in GC’s first fracas
by George Conger, Anglican Ink:
A dispute has arisen over whether a deputy from the Diocese of Honduras was silenced by a Spanish-language translator for voicing the belief that same-sex marriage was contrary to God’s word.
At hearings held on 5 July 2018 on proposals to revise the Book of Common Prayer a deputy from the Diocese of Honduras sought to speak against the innovation. The Hispanic caucus at the 79th General Convention reports that the translator who was assisting the deputy “walked away” from him when he began to voice opposition to same-sex marriage. A complaint has been filed by members of the Hispanic caucus at Convention denouncing the silencing of non-English speaking voices in the debate on same-sex marriage.
The clash of Hispanic and Anglo-cultures over gay marriage was raised at the evenings press conference, when a reporter asked whether the Diocese of Cuba, which had rejoined the Episcopal Church at this convention, would be obliged to accept gay marriage. The questioner went on to note the Dioceses of Province IX were opposed to the move.
The Very Rev. Samuel Candler, Dean of Atlanta and chairman of Committee 13 told the reporter that supporters of prayer book reform believed the right to marry trumped the right of theological conscience. Dean Candler explained that prayer book revision “doesn’t deny anybody their beliefs.” He went on to say that some on the committee believed the church “shouldn’t deny anybody’s rights for marriage.”
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