{"id":6392,"date":"2008-05-29T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/anglican_journal_huron_says_yes_to_same_sex_blessings\/"},"modified":"2008-05-29T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T18:07:00","slug":"anglican_journal_huron_says_yes_to_same_sex_blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=6392","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Journal: Huron says yes to same-sex blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The diocese of Huron\u2019s annual synod, or governing convention, voted on May 26 to ask the bishop to give clergy permission to bless same-sex marriages, \u201cwhere at least one party is baptized\u201d\u009d and to authorize an appropriate rite.<\/p>\n<p>The margin in favour was 72 per cent in both clergy and lay houses (97 clergy in favour, 36 against; 227 lay people in favour, 87 against).<\/p>\n<p>The diocesan bishop, Bruce Howe, said he \u201cgave concurrence\u201d\u009d to the motion based on the large percentage in favour, but he added that he intended to consult with other bishops before acting on the vote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/100\/article\/huron-says-yes-to-same-sex-blessings-1\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The diocese of Huron\u2019s annual synod, or governing convention, voted on May 26 to ask the bishop to give clergy permission to bless same-sex marriages, \u201cwhere at least one party is baptized\u201d\u009d and to authorize an appropriate rite. The margin<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=6392\">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":[36,388,74,514,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-anglican-church-of-canada","category-anglican-provinces","category-same-sex-blessings","category-sexuality-debate-in-anglican-communion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392","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=6392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}