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| | Integrity/Toronto ~ INTEGRATOR volume 2003-3 |
 | | Last year's decision by the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster to ask their bishop for a rite for the blessing of persons in committed, life-long, same-sex unions created an occasion for reflection and discernment among Anglicans in the diocese, in Canada, and throughout the Anglican Communion. |
 | | Earliest of these, on 20 May, was the appointment, in England, of Canon Jeffrey John, presently Canon Theologian of Southwark Cathedral, to be suffragan bishop of Reading (part of the diocese of Oxford). |
 | | The diocese of New Westminster, at its synods in 1998, 2001 and 2002, repeatedly asked their bishop, Michael Ingham, to authorise a rite of blessing for same-sex couples; the votes being by increasing majorities each time. |
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