Anglican priests set to defy same-sex blessing ban
Richard Foot, CanWest News Service
Friday, July 06, 2007

Two weeks after the Anglican Church of Canada voted to maintain its ban on same-sex blessings, a pair of renegade parishes are publicly vowing to bless and even marry gay and lesbian couples, saying there are dozens of other Anglican parishes across the country defying the rules of the national church.

Clergy at Holy Trinity Church in downtown Toronto, and at St. Saviour’s Church in Victoria, have each declared their intention to push ahead with blessing ceremonies despite a decision by their church’s national governing body forbidding such acts.

“We also intend, when the opportunity arises, to take the next step which is a (same-sex) marriage ceremony,” said Jim Ferry, one of the priests at Holy Trinity. the rest