tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post4288937225877231861..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: "Where is his authority?" (Question about the Canons on Marriage)SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-64272362175115065512012-03-13T15:28:29.154-07:002012-03-13T15:28:29.154-07:00Will we be working to [change the canons] in India...<i>Will we be working to [change the canons] in Indianapolis in July? (rhetorical question ... of course we will be!)</i><br /><br />Is there a formal process in progress to do so?<br /><br /><i>In the meantime, is a bishop acting beyond his or her authority to permit clergy in their diocese to bless and solemnize marriages between same-sex couples? We don't think so.</i><br /><br />Why? RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-58930383379790335322012-03-13T15:23:41.615-07:002012-03-13T15:23:41.615-07:00Because the belief that the spirit of the law ... ...<i>Because the belief that the spirit of the law ... the values represented in the declaration ... transcend the gender of the couple the same way the vocation of the priest transcends the "man" in clergyman.</i><br /><br />The word "clergyman" does not appear in the Canons - note the use of the phrase "The member of the Clergy". So your analogy is invalid.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-33964592344525141582012-03-09T18:38:02.793-08:002012-03-09T18:38:02.793-08:00http://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/01/same-se...http://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/01/same-sex-science<br /><br />"Peplau and Fingerhut cite one study that found that over a five-year period, 7 percent of married heterosexual couples broke up, compared with 14 percent of cohabiting male couples and 16 percent of cohabiting lesbian couples. They also summarize, without mentioning specific numbers, <i>a more representative study from Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285325003136746333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-21821202790029541692012-03-09T13:09:16.485-08:002012-03-09T13:09:16.485-08:00I'll see you and raise you:
mar·riage/ˈmarij/...I'll see you and raise you:<br /><br />mar·riage/ˈmarij/<br />Noun: <br /><br />A relationship between married people or the period for which it lasts.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1989695806686623012012-03-09T13:07:50.212-08:002012-03-09T13:07:50.212-08:00Joe ...
LOL ... and I mean that LITERALLY ... you...Joe ...<br /><br />LOL ... and I mean that LITERALLY ... you're kidding, right?<br /><br />Let me check ... yes, it is still 2012. <br /><br />Seriously.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-50959244872723913312012-03-09T12:53:50.863-08:002012-03-09T12:53:50.863-08:00http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clergyman
...http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clergyman<br /><br />cler·gy·man [klur-jee-muhn] Show IPA<br />noun, plural -men.<br />1. a member of the clergy.<br />2. an ordained Christian minister.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285325003136746333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-74538059584287347902012-03-07T22:02:48.325-08:002012-03-07T22:02:48.325-08:00Heh, a response that writes itself, eh Susan? ;-)Heh, a response that writes itself, eh Susan? ;-)JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-78405182468007113912012-03-07T18:01:04.033-08:002012-03-07T18:01:04.033-08:00"Clergyman"?????
Seriously?????
Becaus..."Clergyman"?????<br /><br />Seriously?????<br /><br />Because the belief that the spirit of the law ... the values represented in the declaration ... transcend the gender of the couple the same way the vocation of the priest transcends the "man" in clergyman.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-249295265102906212012-03-07T17:45:30.043-08:002012-03-07T17:45:30.043-08:00How does a clergyman marrying a same sex couple co...How does a clergyman marrying a same sex couple conform to canon I.18.3(d-g)?<br /><br />(d) The Member of the Clergy <b>shall have required that the parties<br />sign the following declaration:</b><br />(e) "We, A.B. and C.D., desiring to receive the blessing of Holy<br />Matrimony in the Church, <b>do solemnly declare that we hold<br />marriage to be a lifelong union of husband and wife</bJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285325003136746333noreply@blogger.com