The dust has barely settled and already, different interpretations of the decisions General Synod made last month about human sexuality have led one parish to publicly offer blessings to same-gender unions, and another to say that it would not deny a parishioner\u2019s request for a same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n
During its seven-day meeting in Winnipeg, the church\u2019s highest governing body approved a resolution saying that same-sex blessings are \u201cnot in conflict\u201d\u009d with the church\u2019s core doctrine but defeated another that would have given dioceses the power to offer them in churches.<\/p>\n
There is enough ambiguity in those decisions that it is left open to dioceses and churches to offer same-sex blessings, said Rev. Jim Ferry, who was fired for being involved in a homosexual relationship in 1991. He has since been given some duties at Holy Trinity church in downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n