Anglican Church of Southern Africa rejects blessing of same-sex civil unions

From ENS-

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa voted Sept. 30 to reject a proposal to allow “prayers of blessing” to be offered for people in same-sex civil unions under South African law.

The vote was taken by the church’s Provincial Synod, its top legislative body, on a proposal by the Diocese of Saldanha Bay, which stretches from the northern suburbs of Cape Town to the Namibian border.

The initial motion before the synod also proposed that bishops could provide for clergy who identify as LGBTI and are in legal same-sex civil unions to be licensed to minister in parishes. But the proposers withdrew this section before debate began.

More here-

http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2016/09/30/anglican-church-of-southern-africa-rejects-blessing-of-same-sex-civil-unions/

also here-

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/anglican-church-votes-against-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-20160930

and here-

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2016/10/01/‘I-was-glad-I-wear-glasses-or-the-Synod-would-have-seen-the-tears’-says-Makgoba

and here-

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/anglican-church-rejects-prayers-of-blessing-for-same-sex-unions