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ceremonies. Saying that the church should not act as a "cheap auxiliary to the state," he called for
Canadian marriages to consist of a civil marriage performed by the state with the additional option of a "service of blessing" for those who wish it. At the time, Garnsworthy's views were considered
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continued Davis and Miller's support for full
Catholic school funding, and Garnsworthy continued his battle against the legislation. In 1986, Garnsworthy argued that teachers applying for positions in the Catholic system should not be required to have a letter of recommendation from a priest; his
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In 1979, Garnsworthy defended the
Anglican Church's decision to accept openly gay priests on condition that such individuals not participate in same-sex sexual activity. He argued that the decision was not a change of policy for the church and that equivalent restrictions existed for heterosexual
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made a surprise decision to fund
Ontario's public and Catholic high schools on an equal footing. (The province had previously funded Catholic education only as far as Grade Ten.) Garnsworthy strongly opposed the decision and wrote an article complaining that the religious and moral values of the
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where it was the victim of persecution. He rejected the suggestion that the church could rebrand itself in the manner of
American televangelists, saying "I don't think you can sell religion like soap." In 1988, he accepted a court ruling that ended compulsory recitations of the
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Garnsworthy did not seek re-election to his provincial office in 1985. He retired as Bishop of
Toronto in 1989; in his last address, he called on the various churches of Toronto to work together and take a greater role in combatting social ills.
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was divided into five regions in 1980, Garnsworthy himself was given charge of the downtown division. Garnsworthy was a frequent guest at official state functions, and in
October 1982 he conducted the funeral ceremonies for former
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Many believe this controversy caused significant damage for the
Progressive Conservatives in the 1985 election, costing them support among their historically strong constituency of Anglican voters.
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position was that this requirement prevented non-Catholics from seeking a publicly funded office. Despite his efforts, full funding was extended to
Catholic schools by the Peterson government.
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In 1972, he was chosen as the ninth Bishop of
Toronto. In this capacity, he presided over a diocese of 160,000 people, the largest in Canada. He became an archbishop in 1979. When the
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Garnsworthy underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lung in July 1983. He died in January 1990. The Lewis Garnsworthy Residence on Toronto's Dufferin Street is named in his honour.
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award of the year because his speech certainly made it respectable to be anti-Catholic." The Progressive Conservatives actually won the election by a narrow margin and formed a
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cautiously accepted the Anglican Church's decision as a step forward, although he added that the requirement for celibacy would still result in gay priests being closeted.
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laws in 1986 and argued that store owners who violated the laws were exploiting their non-unionized employees. In 1987, he spoke against a proposal to re-institute the
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victims in 1987, saying that they have a right to pastoral care within the church community and expressing concern at "fear and ignorance abroad about AIDS."
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had in effect been given official state sanction. In particular, he wrote that he did not accept the Catholic positions on family planning,
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defeated in his bid for re-election, remarked, "I think would probably get the
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Kevin Donovan, "Church leaders laud ban on compulsory classroom prayers,"
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