The Canadian church’s top governing body decided last June that blessing same-sex marriages does not violate basic church doctrine, prompting anger among conservative congregations.
Canada’s bishops have decided to continue a moratorium on same-sex marriages, however. Some local parishes and dioceses are blessing the unions anyway.
Meanwhile, the dissenting churches are being asked to hand over the keys to their buildings or face legal action to have them removed from the properties.
“If they don’t turn in the keys, we are planning to go and physically try to take possession of the parishes by showing up and asking them for the keys,” the Rev. Richard Jones, an official in the Diocese of Niagara, told the Toronto Star.
Today’s Toronto Star story (http://www.thestar.com/article/305517) suggests that yesterday’s events were something of an anticlimax:
The newly appointed administrators showed up, asked for the keys, were refused them, and then just turned around and went home? I was expecting something a little more dramatic.
Notable Quotables:
“There is no split occurring.” (Sons of Korah on the mounting crisis beneath their feet).
“I agree.” (KJS on the thousands leaving and how its not a mounting crisis called “division”).
“What she said”. (ACC on the cracking earth beneath them).
Vestries better change the locks, for here comes Richard Jones, an official in the Diocese of Viagra.
As I said in a previous article, Rick Jones, despite being secretary of Synod has no power or authority to make these statements.