ANiC Bishop Donald Harvey said he hopes that the draft of the new province\u2019s constitution, which is scheduled to be made public in Chicago on Dec. 3, could be discussed at the primates\u2019 meeting in Alexandria, Egypt in February.<\/p>\n
Although the Common Cause Partnership only represents about 100,000 Anglicans (3,000 in Canada) \u201d\u201c those who have left the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the U.S. largely over blessing same-sex unions and the ordination of an openly gay bishop \u201d\u201c ANiC leaders are confident that the support of conservative primates who represent about 40 million Anglicans in the Global South means that their proposal will have to be taken seriously. \u201cI think the GAFCON [Global Anglican Future Conference] primates are the ones that would push for it for us. They have already indicated they would,\u201d\u009d said Bishop Harvey. \u201cIt may take longer than we\u2019re hoping simply because of procedural things, but if it goes before the primates and we get even a qualified sense [of acceptance], it would be progress,\u201d\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
Bishop Harvey warned of dire consequences for the global communion if the primates reject the idea of the new province in Egypt. \u201cThen it goes to the GAFCON primates, and it could be anything after that point \u00c2\u00ac\u201d\u201c it really could,\u201d\u009d he said. \u201cI think it would be painful and cause decisions to be made that would be unfortunate for the communion as a whole. It would cause more fragmentation.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n