September 1, 2002 Readers write

Following are excerpts from letters to the editor about the New Westminster decision. The synod had the best intentions when it passed this resolution, however, so did opponents of the legislation. We are all attempting to do...

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September 1, 2002 Ottawa priest to raise issue

An Ottawa priest says he will bring a resolution to diocesan synod next month asking the diocese to approve the blessing of same-sex unions. New Westminster approved such a resolution in June, on its third attempt. ...

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September 1, 2002 Blessings authorized

Topeka, Kan.Bishop William Smalley of Kansas has told clergy that he will begin authorizing limited blessing of non-married people. This policy would extend to heterosexual couples for whom marriage would create a financial...

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July 10, 2002 Ottawa may consider same-sex blessings

Ottawa is expected to be the next Anglican diocese in Canada to consider allowing parishes to bless same-sex relationships, after the diocese of New Westminster in June approved such blessings.

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September 1, 2001 Ingham declines synod’s same-sex decisions

Vancouver For the second time in three years, Bishop Michael Ingham of the diocese of New Westminster declined to approve church blessing of homosexual relationships, notwithstanding a synod vote supporting such ceremonies. ...

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September 1, 2001 Ingham apologizes to gays for church slowness

Waterloo, Ont. NEW Westminster Bishop Michael Ingham used a General Synod presentation on sexuality to apologize to gays and lesbians for "the slowness of your inclusion in the body of the church." The presentation on...

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September 1, 2001 Bishops ponder 'oversight'

Waterloo, Ont. FOR THE first time, Canadian Anglican bishops have discussed the possibility of "alternate episcopal oversight" or allowing a bishop to minister to a congregation in another diocese when that congregation...

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September 1, 2001 Consecrations called 'divisive'

For the second time in 18 months, Anglican conservatives have rebelliously consecrated bishops for the Anglican Mission in America. Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, and Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S....

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June 1, 2001 New West synod to revisit blessing same-sex unions

The diocese of New Westminster's annual synod this month will again consider whether to ask Bishop Michael Ingham to allow the blessing in church of committed homosexual relationships. Supporters see it as a legitimate...

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April 1, 2001 Retired Scottish primus rethinks authority

It is time for the church to change, to leave behind a "dying mind-set" of authority over people's private lives and become relative in a pluralistic world, says the recently retired Primus of the Episcopal Church of Scotland,...

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