In Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, a member of the Anglican Communion, and the Presbyterian ... particularly civil marriage in church for same-sex couples. I would have wanted to see ...

Same-sex civil marriage has been legal in Britain for ... s his job to unify the 85 million members of the global Anglican Communion. The dissenting bishops said the Church of England had ...

Civil partnerships were first introduced in 2005 and were the only option that same-sex couples had for entering into a legal ...

(photo: Carl Court / Getty) Tyler Arnold/CNA World January 20, 2023 The bishops of the Church of England plan to maintain a prohibition on same-sex marriage ... the Anglican communion and is ...

Here are the main aspects that couples should consider for a church wedding: Baptism, First Communion ... of the marriage to ensure there are no impediments. Civil Marriage Certificate: The ...

the church said it would offer clergy members new ways to “affirm and celebrate same-sex couples,” like prayers for “God’s blessing on the couple in church following a civil marriage or ...

include "a range of draft prayers" that clergy can voluntarily use to bless same-sex couples "who have marked a significant stage of their relationship such as a civil marriage or civil ...

April 26 marked the 25th anniversary of civil unions – marriage for same-sex couples in all but name – becoming state law. Although civil unions were deeply controversial even among Vermonters ...

The Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church in India has conditionally allowed Catholic couples to have civil marriage before solemnizing it in ... is one of the 22 Eastern rite Churches in full communion ...

ATHENS, Greece — Backlash from the Orthodox Church of Greece against a landmark law allowing same-sex civil marriage intensified ... the key Christian rite of communion, abstain from any ...

Vermont became the first state to grant marriage-equivalent rights to same-sex couples through civil unions in 2000. The Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Baker v. Vermont, which prompted the ...