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True Dough

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Sat Jul 13, 2019, 09:06 PM Jul 2019

Anglican Church vote to approve same-sex marriage fails to pass

How much progress??


An Anglican Church of Canada vote to approve same-sex marriage failed to pass at its general assembly in Vancouver on Friday night.

The motion would have amended the church's marriage canon to remove references to the sacrament being a union between a man and a woman — effectively allowing same-sex marriage.

The motion had to be approved through two rounds of votes. The first vote took place three years ago at the church's last general assembly, called a synod, in Richmond Hill, Ont., and the second reading was held late Friday evening.

Church rules require motions to be passed by a two-thirds majority from its three groups of delegates: the laity, clergy and bishops. On Friday, the requirement for the motion did not meet the threshold among the bishops. Lay voters and members of the clergy were more than two-thirds in favour of the motion.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anglican-church-vote-to-approve-same-sex-marriage-fails-to-pass-1.5211051
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Anglican Church vote to approve same-sex marriage fails to pass (Original Post) True Dough Jul 2019 OP
So much for the idea of "progressive" Christian religion we keep hearing so much about Major Nikon Jul 2019 #1

Major Nikon

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1. So much for the idea of "progressive" Christian religion we keep hearing so much about
Sat Jul 13, 2019, 10:33 PM
Jul 2019

Either that or we'll just have to chalk this one up to "human behavior".

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