Letter to the editor: 'Do we respect the dignity of every human being or just some of them ?'

Notes: "In the Feb. 2015 'Anglican Journal' prominence is given to an article regarding the urging of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) that the Anglican Church of Canada not amend the marriage canon regarding the marriage of same-sex couples ('Don't change canon, says commission', p. 1)". "A reference to the proposed Anglican Covenant fails to mention that it has been rejected in many parts of the Anglican Communion". "The emphasis on this article as front-page news and in the editorial would lead one to think that gay people in loving relationships are yet again to be treated as unworthy and unwanted, by some at least. Why does the church always seem to lag so far behind ? If it is for the sake of the Communion, we should first consider that putting this issue on the back burner will not make any real difference to those for whom the subject is anathema, and that, in the end, the church -- the body of Christ -- is people, and [the church] is called to care for people. Some of those people are our gay brothers and sisters in the pews and in the pulpit. Do we respect the dignity of every human being, or just some of them ?"

Subjects: Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion; Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion; Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO); Anglican Communion - Parties and movements - 21st century