Letter to the editor: Change and compassion

Notes: "The experience of my own family has given me pause when I considered the ongoing discussion of proposed changes to the marriage canon. My mother divorced my father in the 1930s, a time when divorce was not as commonplace as it is today, nor as easily obtained. Thirty years later, she met a man with whom she fell in love and wished to marry. .... But it was a great shock for us all when we were informed that, on account of her divorce, my mother could not be married in the Anglican church". "As I have entered my 90th year, I am willing to concede that I hold many of the views and occasional prejudices of my generation. But when I remember the experience of my mother, I cannot help but reflect that there are no doubt many Anglicans who, from personal experience or the knowledge of that of family and friends, have reason to be grateful that our church's position on the marriage canon has not, in fact, been immutable. Rather, that position has allowed for change and growth, not simply in response to changes in social mores, but in order to answer that call to love and compassion that Christ requires of us all".

Subjects: Divorce - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Remarriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Anglican Church of Canada - Doctrines; Change - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada