Council members react to report
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38888
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 November
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 November
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 9
- Page
- 7
- Notes
- "Council of General Synod (CoGS) members praised the report of the Commission on the Marriage Canon, released in September [2015], as being both deeply reflective and highly readable -- and are urging fellow church members to give it their time and attention". Positive comments were offered by Archdeacon Lynne McNaughton, the Rev. Norm Wesley and Jennifer Warren. "However, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, while commending the commission for what he called a careful and well-done report, faulted it for not including the cultural perspective of First Nations people". "Some members voiced a mixture of hope and anxiety about General Synod 2016, when the governing body decides on whether to allow same-sex marriage. 'Both Winnipeg 2010 and Ottawa 2013 were not pleasant, warm, fuzzy experiences. So I do have some fears and anxieties', said Canon Terry Leer of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land. 'Toronto 2016 will be tough', he said, although he said he also expected it would involve processes encouraging face-to-face discussion. 'It is very much harder to be angry with a person that it is to be angry with a position'."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council of General Synod
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Commission on the Marriage Canon
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (41st : 2016 : Richmond Hill, Ont.) - Resolutions
- McNaughton, Lynne (Lynne Elizabeth), 1959-
- Wesley, Norman
- Warren, Jennifer
- MacDonald, Mark L. (Mark Lawrence), 1954-
- Leer, Terry (Terry Alan)