Welcome to the Alice in Wonderland world of \u201cprocess\u201d\u009d which so dominates the upper echelons of the leadership life of the Episcopal Church. If words COULD be interpreted in a way that does not favor the leadership\u2019s goals, they are not, but when the wording does, they are interpeted that way, restrictively. There is some talk that this whole conflict and crisis among Anglicans is all about power, and it is not primarily about power, actually, but about truth and other things. Yet power plays a role, it is just that TEC leadership does not do much self-criticism about how they exercise their own power. Words mean what those in leadership in TEC want them to mean in too many instances. One wishes there would be some self-scrutiny on such matters because the implications would be considerable. The lack of honesty in this church in some matters has become intolerable.<\/b> People are saying one thing and doing another and using words to mislead others into thinking they are not doing what in fact they are doing….<\/p>\n
The key language in this resolution may be found here: Lambeth \u201ccannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions.\u201d\u009d Anglican practice needs to be in accord with anglican teaching. Therefore, there can be no pastoral practice in a local setting which either is or is seen to be somehow \u201clegitimising or blessing\u201d\u00a6same sex unions.\u201d\u009d And this means that local blessings, whether in houses or churches or wherever, and whether they have official sanctioned liturgies or not, cannot be done, if they are of non-celibate same sex couples.<\/p>\n
Lest there be any doubt about this, the Archbishop of Canterbury said at the concluding press conference of the Tanzania primates meeting:<\/p>\n
The teaching of the Anglican Church remains that homosexual activity is not compatible with scripture.<\/b><\/p>\n