Anglican Church of Canada to debate whether to bless same-sex unions

Anglican Church of Canada to debate whether to bless same-sex unions

Jun 23 12:59 PM US/Eastern

WINNIPEG (CP) - Leaders of Canada's third-largest denomination are preparing to vote on an issue that has already divided the country's two million congregants.
The Anglican Church of Canada is holding its General Synod in Winnipeg and is deciding whether to bless the unions of same-sex couples.

The decision could ultimately lead to a split from the worldwide church.

Some of the more conservative Anglican churches have already threatened the U.S. church with expulsion over its blessings of same- sex couples.

A blessing is intended for a couple who have united in a civil ceremony or some other union and is not the same as a marriage.

The debate comes the day after delegates voted in Fred Hiltz from Atlantic Canada as the new head of Canada's Anglicans.

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