Same-sex marriage motion passes
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article39696
- Author
- Forget, André
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2016 September
- Author
- Forget, André
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2016 September
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 1, 12
- Notes
- "In a stunning reversal, a July 12 recount of the vote to allow same-sex marriage in the Anglican Church of Canada showed that while the motion was reported the previous day to have failed by one vote in the Order of Clergy, it had, in fact, passed there by one vote" (p. 1). "A two-thirds majority was needed in each of the Orders of Laity, Clergy and Bishops for the motion to pass, and it had been widely assumed that there was not enough support among the bishops. ... In fact, the motion appeared to have been scuttled by the Order of Clergy, with the vote originally recording 51 of 77 clergy in favour of changing the marriage canon. As it turned out, this number did not include the vote of Archdeacon Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada. With Thompson's vote counted, it became 52 of 78 in favour, nudging the vote above the required threshold of a two-thirds majority. Incorrect information sent to Data On The Spot, the electronic voting services provider contracted to manage the voting by clickers, led to the mistake, according to Thompson"(p. 1). "After the change was announced, several members from the diocese of Caledonia, including Bishop William Anderson, walked out of the plenary hall, followed shortly by a number of members from the Arctic, including Bishops David Parsons and Darren McCartney" (p. 12). "Bishop Rob Hardwick, of the diocese of Qu'Appelle, chastised the house for not extending sympathy and care to those who had opposed the motion to change the marriage canon" (p. 12).
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (41st : 2016 : Richmond Hill, Ont.) - Resolutions
- Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution - Canon XXI
- Electronic voting - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Thompson, Michael (Michael James), 1956-
- Anglican Church of Canada - Parties and movements
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Caledonia
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of the Arctic
- Hardwick, Robert, 1956-