Canada: Anglicans okay 'local option'
Niagara diocese votes to allow clergy `whose conscience permits' to marry gays and lesbians
Nov 18, 2007
Sharon Boase /Torstar News Service

HAMILTON–A seismic shift in the way Canadian Anglicans are treating same-sex blessings has made its way to the Diocese of Niagara.

In a historic weekend vote, Anglicans in the diocese moved overwhelmingly to adopt the so-called local option, allowing clergy "whose conscience permits" to bless the marriages of gays and lesbians. the rest