Anglican Church at a `crossroads'

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/213177

[Toronto Star] 12 May 2007--For conservative Canadian Anglicans, a rejection by their church of same-sex marriage blessings next month is no longer enough. They now want the clock turned back on how gays are ministered.

Rev. Canon Charlie Masters, the head of Anglican Essentials Canada, a leading orthodox group, is travelling the country to rally opposition to resolutions before the June synod in Winnipeg that would let local churches decide for themselves whether to bless same-sex unions.

In a one-day conference of prayers, workshops and speakers on the opening day of the synod, Masters says supporters will be recruited to put forward a motion to restrict the ministering offered to gay couples.

"The decision before us is whether we will choose our biblical heritage or whether we will choose to walk apart," says Masters, who is also a pastor at St. George's Anglican Church in this hamlet north of Burlington.

"We think it's that simple."