The Diocese of Ontario is the latest diocese to approve same-sex marriages.
From here:
Dear Friends,
I am writing to you further to my letter of October 27th to the diocese following the session of the Special Synod convened last Saturday, October 26th. I have given prayerful consideration to the content of the debate, the results of the votes taken by the clergy and laity and sought the counsel of the Bishop’s Advisory Committee which met this past Friday.
I am prepared to authorize same sex marriages in the diocese by those clergy and congregations who make a request to me for such authorization. Attached to this letter is the policy I have drafted which is framed to strike a balance between the pastoral generosity which some wish to extend and the gracious restraint to which others wish to adhere. I commend it to you and will continue to welcome your comment, advice and counsel as we move forward.I am deeply grateful for the prayers offered and the diligence shown by members of synod who spoke from their hearts and the courage of their convictions. I am also grateful for the communications I have received from throughout the diocese, not only in light of the current special synod, but throughout the last several years we have addressed this issue. Thank you so very much.
May the Peace of Christ attend us, the Love of God bind us together and the Breath of the Spirit sustain us into a future that is filled with hope and promise.Pastoral guidelines for same sex marriage (PDF)
Yours Faithfully, Bishop Michael
Here is an updated list of dioceses that will marry same-sex couples:
Diocese of Ontario
Diocese of Central Newfoundland
Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
Diocese of Western Newfoundland
Diocese of New Westminster
Diocese of Toronto
Diocese of Niagara
Diocese of Montreal
Diocese of Ottawa
Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Diocese of Rupert’s Land
Diocese of Kootenay
Diocese of Edmonton
Diocese of B.C.
Diocese of Huron
That hits the 45% mark. Soon it will be more economical to list the dioceses that have not authorised same-sex marriage. Again, this raises the question: why did they bother to hold a vote on this at General Synod and why all the subsequent fuss when it failed to pass?
No backbone anywhere I see. Oh well! Whatever!
D’Arcy
Just further proof that the ACoC no longer accepts THE WORD as found in Scripture but is more than willing to accept the word and direction of APOSTATES and those who no longer accept THE WORD.
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Yes, it does.
What is the response of this Bishop, or any other who is attesting this anti-Scriptural ‘Word To The Church’, to The LORD’s own declaration given to the Apostle Paul about the homo-sex saturated City of Corinth,
“…for I have much people in this City. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching The WORD of GOD among them.” + Acts 18:9,10,11, with its Scriptural co-ordinate set down in + I Corinthians ch. 6. notably, v. 11 “and such WERE some of you…”?
Are they prepared, in the interest of being “inclusive”, separating out those who already are Savingly known unto GOD by excluding them?
What a grievous alternative for them thus to choose: confirming their own spiritual state to be either nominal professors-apostate; or unregenerate backsliders.
As for the Diocese of Ontario, with its episcopal See of Kingston, to enlist “flying liturgy” from the Episcopal Church USA (via the Diocese of Toronto) is as reprehensible, or worse, in a Provincial Court of Law as it is even more so in the Omniscient Courts of Heaven.
Just goes to show the lawlessness of these heretics.
They wanted the motion to pass so that they could inflict their sinful ways onto the rest of us. They would have said that the motion passed and we must all abide. But it did not pass. So instead of we must all abide it is the local option. So they go ahead and fulfill their sinful lusts anyway. Church law be damned. The Word of God be ignored. The history of the Church be forgotten. The looming disaster be denied, until it is too late.
Now, we can play game to ignore the Church’s rule. Don’t worry! Anything that is contrary to the will of God will have no place in the world to come.