Canadian Diocese Says 'Yes' to Blessings

The assembly of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI) has requested its bishop, Gordon Light, to allow clergy whose conscience permits to bless civilly married gay couples where at least one party is baptized. The assembly passed the motion when it met October 17-19.

CANADA: Central Interior assembly says 'yes' to blessings

The Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior are part of the Anglican Church of Canada, and consist of the territory of the former Anglican Diocese of Cariboo in the interior of the province of British Columbia.

New Westminster Acts

The Diocese [of New Westminster, Vancouver, BC] has taken steps under Canon 15 towards removing clergy who have left the Anglican Church of Canada rather than accepting the decisions of the Diocesan Synod and General Synod [and] has invoked the provision that returns control of the parishes to the Diocese, an action that was approved by Diocesan Council.

Announcement here, with add'l resources at Thinking Anglicans.

COMMENT: As far as I know, the dissidents in the Anglican Church of Canada have even less of a legal leg to stand on than our homegrown bunch here in the States, so one wonders just what they were smokin' in the first place...

And so the fallout begins

H/T to Adrian Worsfold at the Pluralist Speaks.

From NewsDaily:

Some Canada Anglicans may reject same-sex moratorium

...the head of the Canadian church, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, told Reuters in a phone interview on Wednesday it would be especially tough for Bishop Michael Ingham of the British Columbia diocese of New Westminster to halt the homosexual blessings altogether.

Ingham caused an outcry among conservative Anglicans around the world in 2003 when he started authorizing some parishes to bless gay unions.

Hiltz pointed out that the decision-making synods of four more Canadian dioceses have in the past year asked their bishops to authorize same-sex blessings.

...Hiltz expressed his frustration that Latin American and African bishops have been offering support to disaffected conservative Canadian churches, and said this caused more havoc than the discussion over homosexuality itself.

"It's not welcome," he said. "Nobody seems to be able to say to these primates, 'Stop'."