From ENS-The Episcopal Church and its individual members earned praise here April 11 from Anglican Communion Secretary General Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon for working hard to walk together despite differences over same-sex marriage.
The secretary general’s remarks came in his report to the Anglican Consultative Council about this work since he took up his post last July.
The 78th General Convention’s decided last summer to change canonical language that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman (Resolution A036) and, in Resolution A054, to authorize two new marriage rites with language allowing them to be used by same-sex or opposite-sex couples. Resolution A054 also requires bishops who oppose same-sex marriage to “make provision for all couples asking to be married in this Church to have access to these liturgies.”
More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/04/11/episcopal-church-commended-for-respecting-differences-on-marriage/
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