Anglicans in this area who belong to the LGBT community and wish to be married in the church will have to wait a bit longer to find out whether or not that’s going to happen.
Earlier this month, a motion to add same-sex unions to Anglican Church of Canada laws was narrowly voted down at its General Synod.
To pass, the resolution required “yes” votes from two-thirds of each of three orders — lay, clergy and bishops.
Eighty per cent of the lay delegates voted to adopt the motion, as did 73 per cent of the clergy. But the bishops were two votes shy of what was needed to enter the proposal into law.
But at the same national gathering, the church also decided to allow individual dioceses — including the local Diocese of Algoma — to make their own determinations on the matter.
No decision yet on same-sex marriage for local Anglicans: Bishop says more consultation needed https://t.co/kn8U50zMTb pic.twitter.com/hXFDxR4rZL
— Sudbury .com (@sudburydotcom) July 23, 2019