Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion underwent a profound change in regards to homosexuality. The last same-sex attracted person to be sent to prison indefinitely as a "dangerous sex offender" was in 1967. In 1969, the Canadian parliament passed amendments of the Criminal Code, decriminalising homosexuality in Canada. On 20 July 1971, the last gay man criminally convicted because of his sexual orientation was released from prison. A series of judicial rulings beginning in 2003 legalised same-sex marriage in the majority of Canada's provinces, and on 20 July 2005, the Canadian government extended the new definition nationwide by statute. Currently ten Anglican dioceses (Edmonton, Nova Scotia
Homosexuality in the New Testament "vile affections") translates , In the expressions "natural use" and "contrary to nature", "nature" translates φύσις, i.e. "Physis". The term "error" translates "planē" (lit. "straying, wandering") The authenticity of the passage is in doubt; several scholars since the mid-20th century have proposed their being part of a larger non-Pauline interpolation. The passage has been described by Hilborn (2002) as "the most important biblical reference for the homosexuality debate". It is also the only known specific reference in the Bible to female homosexuality. Hilborn (2002) argues that in the wider passage (Romans 1:18-32) Paul writes that the "global scope of salvation