Anglican diocese in Canada votes for same-sex blessings
The Ottawa Diocese of the Anglican Church in Canada has shocked the worldwide Communion by voting in favour for blessing same-sex relationships in church.
The vote, which will further stoke the flames of division in an already strained Anglican Communion, is sure to anger conservative members of the 77-million member worldwide Church.
A large majority of 177 to 97 rubber-stamped the proposals for same-sex blessings, and it is believed that any progress made recently with the US Episcopal Church in urging restraint on the issue could be undone by the latest developments....