Solemnization of Marriage
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- Date
- 2010 June 3-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 36
- Mover
- The Rev. Greg Gilson
- Seconder
- The Rt. Rev. Gregory Kerr-Wilson
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod request the Council of General Synod
- 1. to direct a study of the canonical, theological and liturgical implications, as well as the potential effects on the mission and witness of the Anglican Church of Canada, of the cessation of the solemnization of matrimony by the clergy of the Anglican Church of Canada and of the adoption of the European model of blessing those civil marriages that conform to a canonical definition of marriage as the normative practice of the Church; and
- 2. to report the findings of this study to the General Synod in 2013.
- Motion to remove resolution from the No Debate List
- Moved by: Mr. Ron Chaplin
- Seconded by: The Rev. Canon Neil Elliott
- That the motion be removed from the No Debate List DEFEATED
- The resolution was put and was CARRIED Act 36
- Subjects
- Marriage - Canada
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Marriage law - Canada
- Civil marriage - Canada
- No debate list