July 5, 2007 Two Anglican parishes offer same-sex ceremonies

The dust has barely settled and already, different interpretations of the decisions General Synod made last month about human sexuality have led one parish to publicly offer blessings to same-gender unions, and another to say that it would not deny a parishioner’s request for a same-sex marriage.

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July 3, 2007 Observers give bird’s-eye view of Synod meeting

International and local observers at General Synod not only brought greetings from their churches and organizations but most also commented to the gathering on the issue of human sexuality that has divided Anglicans in Canada and around the world.

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July 3, 2007 Lutherans reject same-sex blessings

Delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s (ELCIC) 11th biennial National Convention rejected for the second time a motion allowing the blessing of same-sex unions. The motion encouraging synods to develop...

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July 3, 2007 Synod defeats Windsor’s moratorium on blessing

One of the first skirmishes on same-sex issues took place early in General Synod as members defeated a motion that would have called on dioceses to comply with a moratorium on blessing ceremonies for gay couples.

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July 3, 2007 Bishops discuss fallout from same-sex votes at General Synod

Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada met June 26 – the morning after General Synod ended – to discuss the ramifications of their slim vote against allowing dioceses to offer church blessing rites to gay couples.

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July 3, 2007 Same-sex questions still vex Synod

In decisions that will lead to varied interpretations over the next three years, General Synod 2007 agreed that blessing rites for gay couples are “not in conflict” with core church doctrine, but refused to affirm the authority of dioceses to offer them.

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July 3, 2007 Robinson to wed

Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, says he and his male partner plan to affirm their relationship under a new law on civil unions enacted in the state of New Hampshire.“My partner and...

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July 3, 2007 Lambeth invitations exclude American gay bishop

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has invited all bishops in North America, except Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, to the Lambeth Conference of the world’s Anglican bishops scheduled next year in the United Kingdom.

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July 3, 2007 Five years after vote, life goes on for diocese

For five years, an empty table has sat among the bustling hall full of tables occupied by 300 delegates and mounds of paperwork in the diocese of New Westminster’s annual synod, or governing meeting.

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June 28, 2007 Bishops discuss fallout from same-sex vote at General Synod

Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada met June 26 – the morning after General Synod ended to discuss the ramifications of their slim vote against allowing dioceses to offer church blessing rites to gay couples.

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