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]]> http://www.moritherapy.org/article/rant-anglican-qualifiers/comment-page-1/#comment-128507 Nancy Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:42:41 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/rant-anglican-qualifiers/#comment-128507 ok ... can I just gently introduce a nuance into this, as someone who is anglican and torn to bits over The Issue, as we call it? Here's the tension: Angicans in Canada have 2 deep values: 1. the (d'uh) social justice value which says YES, marry same-sex couples and 2. we are part of a global communion, which is so very, very fragile right now, and frankly, probably not going to make it. The Anglican Church of Canada has been repeatedly and formally asked to let the decision come from the wider communion, and hold off until then. Most of us think that will never happen - and hence are voting to go ahead in the face of global opposition. Some bishops, though, still value being part of the larger, global communion - an entirely wonderful value - and prefer to keep holding back until the wider body can come to some kind of concensus. Consensus models can be stultifying, as is the case here. We probably won't end up being able to hold together. When Canada as a country made its own decisions in the matter, it didn't really have to give deep, serious regard to the positions of Africa and other global-south nations. We do. It sucks. ok … can I just gently introduce a nuance into this, as someone who is anglican and torn to bits over The Issue, as we call it? Here’s the tension: Angicans in Canada have 2 deep values: 1. the (d’uh) social justice value which says YES, marry same-sex couples and 2. we are part of a global communion, which is so very, very fragile right now, and frankly, probably not going to make it. The Anglican Church of Canada has been repeatedly and formally asked to let the decision come from the wider communion, and hold off until then. Most of us think that will never happen – and hence are voting to go ahead in the face of global opposition. Some bishops, though, still value being part of the larger, global communion – an entirely wonderful value – and prefer to keep holding back until the wider body can come to some kind of concensus. Consensus models can be stultifying, as is the case here. We probably won’t end up being able to hold together.
When Canada as a country made its own decisions in the matter, it didn’t really have to give deep, serious regard to the positions of Africa and other global-south nations. We do. It sucks.

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