�When the first rites of blessing for same-sex couples came out in the Anglican church, they were accompanied by a lot of bluster about how they were not to be equated with marriage rites and that they did not...
�When the first rites of blessing for same-sex couples came out in the Anglican church, they were accompanied by a lot of bluster about how they were not to be equated with marriage rites and that they did not constitute a change in doctrine.
In 2003, the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster in Canada published a form of blessing for same-sex couples. Then-Bishop Ingham made a point to distinguish these blessings from the sacrament of marriage. ��
� At Crisis Magazine, former Episcopalian priest � and now Catholic � James Merrick argues that changing Pastoral Practice might be more significant than changing Doctrine. It�s happened in the Anglican world, and is now happening in the Roman Catholic world.
Photo: Then-Bishop of New Westminster, Michael Ingham, in 2002.
