Canada: Anglicans eyeing same-sex blessing

Toronto diocese to draw up details for 'committed' gay relationships amid bitter debate within church
Jan 31, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Faith and Ethics reporter

Toronto Anglicans will start blessing same-sex relationships within a year, the Toronto Star has learned, a move that puts local churches at the forefront of the issue but could inflame an already divisive debate within the church.

"One of the chief purposes of the church is to provide care for people who come to the church in a particular need," Toronto Bishop Colin Johnson told the Star in an exclusive interview.

The move, a first for any diocese in Canada, brings Toronto churches closer than any others in the country to allowing same-sex marriage blessings – the most contentious issue facing Anglicanism today.
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Diocese of Toronto: Bishops propose pastoral response to committed same-sex relationships

Draft Discussion Document for Consultation
(h/t Thinking Anglicans)