tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post6787771724416172336..comments2024-03-29T06:58:28.383+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Out in the midday sun?Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-61561093312522854682010-10-18T08:16:24.866+13:002010-10-18T08:16:24.866+13:00Hi John
It is intriguing to consider some kind of ...Hi John<br />It is intriguing to consider some kind of equation between 'women clergy' and 'not conservative.' (As the years go by here in NZ, that equation, in my view, is fading from synodical vote calculations).<br /><br />I understand that voting in GS can be requested 'by houses', so that should mean that GS legislation has to satisfy the House of Laity ...Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-91911694962710569272010-10-18T08:05:42.372+13:002010-10-18T08:05:42.372+13:00Peter, for what it's worth, I didn't even ...Peter, for what it's worth, I didn't even get within Cooee of getting on General Synod. Indeed, the chances of conservative clergy getting elected are very small. We stood four in this diocese and got one on.<br /><br />The reason, of course, is partly that the voting constituency is inevitably less conservative each year as more women are made priests.<br /><br />By contrast, the BBC reports that Conservatives have done well amongst the laity. In this diocese I think there are five out of seven.<br /><br />Thus if clergy like myself relied on being on Synod for an effective political voice, we'd simply never get one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.com