The 14th Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) by a tight vote on May 8 rejected a move to add a fourth moratorium on issues related to divisions over human sexuality that would have asked for a \u201ccessation of litigation\u201d\u009d among member churches of the Anglican Communion involved in disputes over property.<\/p>\n
The ACC, however, said it \u201caffirms\u201d\u009d the recommendations of the Windsor Continuation Group (WCG), which included not just moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ordination of persons living in same-sex unions, and cross-provincial interventions, but also \u201crelational consequences\u201d\u009d for those who breach them. The original text of the resolution had used the word \u201cnotes,\u201d\u009d instead of \u201caffirms.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
The word \u201cnotes\u201d\u009d had been used to reflect the \u201crange of views\u201d\u009d expressed by delegates in discernment groups, said Anthony Fitchett, chair of the resolutions committee and a lay delegate. Opponents said, however, that using a \u201cmore neutral\u201d\u009d word was not useful, since the ACC \u201cneeds to give an indication of how it feels\u201d\u009d about the WCG recommendations.<\/p>\n