tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post642028875687662707..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: 2018 General Convention, Day 7Daniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-11529078529831107462018-07-10T10:45:10.447-04:002018-07-10T10:45:10.447-04:00It bears repeating something said often but not wi...It bears repeating something said often but not widely heard. The canon I.18.7 was written to provide pastoral discretion for clergy in respect of couples for whom reservations arose, give the sacramental nature of ordination (whatever that may now mean) in the context of marriage preparation. Clergy will know how this can happen; I do.<br /><br />In 2015 the canon was artificially bootstrapped into a debate, of a different character, and offered as a kind of consolation prize for those with misgivings about same-sex marriage, not individual couples, something for which it was never designed and that is inappropriate to its purpose.<br /><br />We now find the same canon put to even further contrived application: now that all couples will have access to these new rites, it is a kind of last “opt-out clause” for rectors who nevertheless must see to provision being made for same-sex marriage whether they or their parish like that or not.<br />christopher seitznoreply@blogger.com