{"id":54348,"date":"2016-05-12T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/nz_anglican_synod_tables_report_on_blessings_of_same-sex_couples_until_2018\/"},"modified":"2016-05-12T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:30:17","slug":"nz_anglican_synod_tables_report_on_blessings_of_same-sex_couples_until_2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=54348","title":{"rendered":"NZ Anglican Synod tables report on blessings of same-sex couples until 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has tabled the \u201d\u02dcA Way Forward \u2019 report on blessings of same-sex couples until General Synod 2018, \u201cwith a firm expectation that a decision to move forward will be made\u201d\u009d at that time.<br \/>\nArchbishop Brown Turei, Archbishop Philip Richardson and Archbishop Winston Halapua will appoint a working group to establish a structure that allows both those who can and cannot support the blessing of same-sex relationships to remain within the church with integrity.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are aware of the considerable pain that this decision will cause to those most affected,\u201d\u009d said the three archbishops today.<br \/>\n\u201cBut we are confident that our determination to work together across our differences will bring us to a place of dignity and justice for everyone.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicantaonga.org.nz\/News\/General-Synod\/BLESSINGS-REPORT-ON-HOLD\">Read it all<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has tabled the \u201d\u02dcA Way Forward \u2019 report on blessings of same-sex couples until General Synod 2018, \u201cwith a firm expectation that a decision to move forward will be made\u201d\u009d at<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=54348\">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":[36,39,40,50,576,399,74,175,204,172,168,98,177,151,129,108,514,112,79,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-civil-unions-partnerships","category-anglican-church-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-polynesia","category-anglican-provinces","category-anthropology","category-australia-nz","category-ecclesiology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-marriage-family","category-pastoral-theology","category-politics-in-general","category-psychology","category-religion-culture","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54348","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=54348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}