Letter to the editor: 'One church, two services' for marriage ?

Notes: "The change in the marriage canon, which will become church law if passed again in Vancouver next year [2019], changes the heterosexual union of marriage to a gender-neutral unions, but there is not instruction to change the 400-year-old marriage ceremony. It seems to me for the change in the marriage canon to be legal and complete, an amendment must be added, such as 'and an alternate service be composed and added to the prayer book, to accommodate this change in eligibility'. The amended resolution would allow a choice between the traditional service, which we have had for four centuries, and a service of recognizing the legal, civil, secular equality of same-sex unions. When Jesus was asked if it were lawful to render tribute to Caesar, he said, 'Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's'. Let us do the same and exit New Westminster next July [2019] united, One church, two services, not two churches, each with its own marriage ceremony. With more time and less emotion, our church will solve the problem". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Marriage (Canon law) - Anglican Church of Canada; Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Marriage service - Anglican Church of Canada; Marriage service - Liturgy - Texts; Same sex unions - Liturgies; Same sex unions - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Anglican Church of Canada - Parties and movements - 21st century