The Episcopal Church has voted to allow same-sex weddings in all congregations:
The vote was overwhelming:
Not everyone is happy about it. From the Institute on Religion and Democracy:
Why would there be representatives of the Church of England (the Episcopal Church is autonomous) or other denominations in any capacity, much less "official"?
This will have repercussions in the Anglican Communion, possibly even leading to schism. We'll see.
On Wednesday the Episcopal Church overwhelmingly voted to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples. The vote occurred at the Episcopal General Convention in Salt Lake City, and it passed in the House of Deputies just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized marriage equality.
The new rule will be implemented after November 1, and will eliminate gender-specific language from church laws on marriage. Instead of words like "husband" and "wife," the new church law will use words like "the couple." Same-sex couples will be permitted to have religious weddings in the church; however the new rule also gives clergy permission to decline to perform the ceremonies.
The vote was overwhelming:
Not everyone is happy about it. From the Institute on Religion and Democracy:
Bishops making these changes have chosen to align themselves with culture rather than the Bible, which puts forth a model of marriage and family life upholding marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. The vast majority of global Christians affirm traditional marriage. Unsurprisingly, there are no bishops in an official capacity from the Church of England here at General Convention, let alone from Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches.
Why would there be representatives of the Church of England (the Episcopal Church is autonomous) or other denominations in any capacity, much less "official"?
This will have repercussions in the Anglican Communion, possibly even leading to schism. We'll see.
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