25 June 2007

Misleading headline of the day

I don't mean to pick on the Daily Torygraph, although I do find it relaxing, and I could have picked almost any story about the the Canadian Anglican Church from any publication and got the same result. Nonetheless I have chosen the Torygraph for their headline in today's paper that crows "Anglicans vote against same-sex blessings". In fact Canadian Anglicans, in the form of the laity, DID VOTE FOR the blessings as did the Anglican clergy. It was only the vote of the church's bishops, undoubtedly worried that they won't get invited to the best parties the next time they visit Africa, that prevented the proposal from being adopted.

Local churches are almost certain in some cases to ignore the prohibition and proceed with the ceremonies anyway.

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