{"id":53142,"date":"2016-01-27T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T02:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/anglican_church_of_canada_to_vote_on_same-sex_marriage_in_2016\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T02:00:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T02:00:34","slug":"anglican_church_of_canada_to_vote_on_same-sex_marriage_in_2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=53142","title":{"rendered":"(Daily Xtra) Anglican Church of Canada to vote on same-sex marriage in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Same-sex marriage could be a reality within the Anglican Church of Canada by 2019, despite a recent vote by Anglican archbishops to suspend the church\u2019s US branch for consecrating gay weddings.<\/p>\n<p>Anglican priests in Canada took a significant step towards marrying same-sex couples in 2013, when the church\u2019s highest governing body here (the triennial synod) voted to change canon law to allow for gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution still needs approval from two more synods in 2016 and 2019 before it can come into effect.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes an opt-out clause for clergy members, bishops, congregations and dioceses opposed to blessing gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyxtra.com\/canada\/news-and-ideas\/news\/anglican-church-canada-vote-sex-marriage-in-2016-184086\">Read it all<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Same-sex marriage could be a reality within the Anglican Church of Canada by 2019, despite a recent vote by Anglican archbishops to suspend the church\u2019s US branch for consecrating gay weddings. Anglican priests in Canada took a significant step towards<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=53142\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,50,65,367,382,388,81,74,175,67,207,168,177,518,108,514,79,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-anglican-primary-source","category-statements-letters-primates","category-justin-welby","category-anglican-church-of-canada","category-anglican-primates","category-anglican-provinces","category-anthropology","category-archbishop-of-canterbury","category-canada","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-pastoral-theology","category-primates-gathering-in-canterbury-january-2016","category-religion-culture","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}