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Richard Connelly of Gippsland advocates for the wisdom of what lives and brings joy. Mr President, I rise to speak against Statement 1 I fear that the desire to impose a firm certainty around one interpretation of Matthew 19:4 removes the capacity for us as faithful individuals to flourish
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"Now this issue has been spoken about formally within the law-making place of the Anglican Church of Australia and supported so clearly by so many with so much love and compassion, and all-encompassing inclusiveness, this will not go away. " The Rev'd Dr Lucy Morris
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The Rev'd Suzanne Grimmett reflects marriage, celibacy and how we measure goodness. Jesus has an uncomfortable habit of raising the bar on goodness and integrity. He had a lot to say about the misuse of power and about people who hold to religious rules while placing burdens upon
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By the Revd Dr Josephine Inkpin, an Anglican priest and transgender woman, currently serving as Minister of Pitt Street Uniting Church in Sydney At this time we have a wonderful invitation to church and world to understand, support, and celebrate gender diversity as one of the many gifts of God
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In support of the 'Safe Church' motion of apology, Bishop Kate Prowd said this: I speak to you today as a bishop, a clinical psychologist, a mother, a sibling, and a friend. I welcome the spirit of the Sydney apology motion, because it – and I quote “deplores…and
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Below is text of the motion "The Affirmation of Same-Sex Marriage” and the accompanying speeches presented yesterday at General Synod. The motion was lost 145 to 95. That is, a whopping 40% of Anglicans at our General Synod voted in favour of same-sex marriage. In the context
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In proposing an amendment to Statement 1, Bishop Jonathan Holland argued that Same Sex Marriage is entirely consistent with the teachings of Jesus. There are two ways of approaching the teaching of Jesus on same sex marriage. One way is to start with those passages in which Jesus says something
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On Tuesday, Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel moved a statement that named marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one women. The statement said “any rite or ceremony that purports to bless a same-sex marriage is not in accordance with the teaching of Christ”. Bishop Jeremy Greaves
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Immediately before General Synod, news broke that Sydney Anglican schools were furious that the Diocese of Sydney now requires new principals and directors of its school boards to sign a document affirming an exclusive belief in heterosexual marriage. For our Anglican schools and for our youth, diversity is good news.