[Magdalen] AC of C General Synod

[Roger Stokes]

On 06/07/2016 00:31, Marion Thompson wrote:
> Thursday I'm off bright and early to General Synod running Thursday 
> July 7 to July 12 as a delegate of the Diocese of Toronto.  We will 
> need all the prayers we can get as we wrestle in particular with the 
> Marriage Canon.  Will we see it changed to allow Same-Sex marriage or 
> not and, if so, in what form?  If not, what then?  The two-thirds 
> majority required in each of the three Houses will be a nail-biter, 
> especially as the House of Bishops some months ago issued a statement 
> saying that they were unlikely to pass it.  Also, the Indigenous 
> people would rather opt in if they so choose rather than be expected 
> to accept the colonisers' Canon or opt out.  It's going to be a very 
> interesting time, whatever the outcome.

Good luck

> If it should pass, it still must pass a final vote in three years at 
> the next General Synod.  A glacial pace, to be sure, but the next few 
> days are really really important to our future.

For the Church of Ebgland that would be quick.

Roger