The Anglican Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador says the divide over same-sex marriage in the church has as much to do with cultural difference as it does with faith. VOCM Andrew Hawthorn explains.
The First Nations community within the Anglican Church of Canada is not eager to embrace marriage equality.
A heated meeting of the House of Bishops last week ended with the realization that any resolution to allow for same sex unions within the church is not likely to receive the two-thirds majority necessary to pass.
This, following a warning from the global Anglican community to the Canadian church to leave the issue alone.
Bishop Geoff Peddle says cultural difference between First Nations and European-descended bishops was one of the major road blocks.
He says many of the bishops are representing indigenous and first nations communities, and those communities aren’t ready to move forward on marriage equality.
The issue is still headed for debate and a vote this July at the General Synod Meeting in Toronto..
Pesky conservative First Nation’s Christians need to be made ready, whatever it takes, because they are causing distortion in the Holy Spirit’s voice to the House of Bishops. Not quite 2/3rds of the bishops can hear the call to to this new thing clearly and the hold-outs are making God cry.