CHURCH OF ENGLAND GENERAL SYNOD TO DEBATE 2/3 MAJORITY FOR ADOPTION OF COVENANT

From the Church of England website on the meeting of General Synod in February 2011:

The Business Committee has also scheduled for debate the following motion from Mr John Ward that was not debated at the November Synod during the discussions on the Anglican Communion Covenant, for lack of time. The motion seeks to specify two-thirds majorities (rather than simple majorities) in the House of Bishops, the House of Clergy and the House of Laity at the Final Approval Stage for the draft Act of Synod adopting the Anglican Communion Covenant. The Covenant was referred to dioceses in December and is expected to return to the General Synod in 2012.

H/T to Peter Owen at Thinking Anglicans.

UPDATE: Jim Naughton comments at The Lead:

It seems incongruous to argue, as supporters of the Covenant do, that it is exceedingly significant document that is required to save the Anglican Communion, but that it pass only the most minimal test a democracy allows.