[Magdalen] No marriage equality for Anglican Church of Canada

[Molly Wolf]

The bishops of Ottawa and Niagara have already announced that same-sex marriage -- which is not mentioned in the national marriage canons -- will be permitted in their dioceses.  Many other dioceses will likely follow suit.  This weakens the position of the national church.

I expect an especially bitter fight in my diocese (Ontario).  Pray for our bishop, +Michael Oulton.

Molly
fed up and aching

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:58 PM, Gail Edwards <gailedwards5.anglican at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dividing lines based on missionary activity in the west still shapes diocesan "personalities" in my opinion - SPG/CMS, urban/rural. 
> 
> The painful thing for me was hearing justification for exclusion by those who themselves have been harmed and excluded by the church. 
> 
> Gail, emerging from the corner, desolate in Vancouver
> 
>> On Jul 11, 2016, at 8:36 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>> 
>> It's a very mixed bag but on the whole, I'd say that the ACC is more conservative than TEC.  It was never the Established Church, but at least in Ontario (the weightiest of the Anglo province since) it might just as well have been.
>> 
>> I sit ready for correction.  Marion? Susan? Gail?
>> 
>> Molly
>> 
>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
>> 
>>> On Jul 11, 2016, at 11:31 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Where did I get the idea that the ACofC was always more progressive than TEC?????
>>