Why it was impossible for us to sign declaration

From: Anglican Journal | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Larmondin, Leanne | Copyright information

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A HANDFUL OF READERS have written to Anglican Journal about our decision not to cover the recent gathering of Essentials in Ottawa due to the organization's requirement that participants (including media) sign a declaration of faith that included the phrase "adultery, fornication and homosexual unions are intimacies contrary to God's design."

They were also asked to sign a "statement of repudiation and disassociation from the actions of the General Synod"...

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