I think there are some who feel that their signature would be misconstrued. Well, that's too bad. If everybody had to understand why I do things, I would probably not do anything. I'm entirely supportive of the initiative. Bishop Morgan said he believes the value of the accord will be limited, if the signatures remain limited largely to North America.
Violence is always abhorrent.
My opposition to the ordination of practising homosexuals and to the blessing of same-sex unions is similarly motivated by caring. Bishop Tony Burton of Saskatchewan also refused to sign. The reason I didn't sign the accord was because I wasn't sure what it meant by civil rights and whether that would affect the church's legal position in terms of ordination. Told some Canadians were not signing for that reason, Bishop Charleston said it was the first he'd heard that argument. It's not a legally binding document.