Scottish Episcopal Church Takes First Step Toward Gay Marriage

By Trevor Grundy, Religion News Service
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Jun 10, 2016
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The Scottish Episcopal Church may become the first major church in the United Kingdom to allow its clergy to conduct same-sex weddings in churches.

The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church, meeting in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, passed on first reading a change to its canon law definition of marriage June 10.

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