News in brief: Marriage Commission named

Notes: "Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has named the members of a commission that will carry out a broad consultation about changing the marriage canon (church law) to allow same-sex marriage. Canon Robert Falby, chancellor of the diocese of Toronto and former prolocutor of General Synod, will chair the eight-member commission. The other members are: Dr. Patricia Bays (diocese of Ottawa), Dean Kevin Dixon (diocese of Huron), the Rev. Dr. Paul Friesen (diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island), Canon Paul Jennings (diocese of Montreal), Dr. Stephen Martin (diocese of Edmonton), Bishop Linda Nicholls (diocese of Toronto) and Archbishop John Privett (bishop of the diocese of Kootenay and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of B.C. and Yukon)". "The commission will submit a progress report on its work at the spring [2014] meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS), Its final report, to be submitted at CoGS' fall 2015 meeting, will include recommendations on the wording of the motion and the conscience clause to be presented to General Synod in 2016".

Subjects: Anglican Church of Canada. Commission on the Marriage Canon - Membership; Marriage (Canon law) - Anglican Church of Canada; Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada