Are Anglicans facing a great schism?
REGINALD STACKHOUSE
From Monday's Globe and Mail
19/03/07

Will Canada's Anglicans split if their governing body opts for blessing same-sex unions?
If these nearly one million church members are true to the history of their centuries-old communion, they will agree to disagree -- but they will not fragment. The past, however, does not always shape the future.

Through the ages, no part of Christianity has shown more flexibility in retaining unity amid diversity in doctrine, ceremony and lifestyle. Yet no challenge to that comprehension has been stronger than the reaction to recent proposals about same-sex unions.

For the Canadian church to come down on one side of the issue can therefore strain its relationships not only with Anglicans in other parts of the world -- especially sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean -- but also within its own membership. the rest