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Swedish Lutheran Church gives green light to gay weddings
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 12, 2007 11:21am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 05:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Sweden's Lutheran Church said Wednesday it was in favour of allowing same-sex couples to wed in church but recommended that the term "marriage" be reserved for heterosexual unions.
The position of the Church, which has 7.2 million members out of a population of 9.1 million, had been solicited by the government as it prepares a bill on a new "gender neutral" marriage law that it hopes to present to parliament early next year.
"Marriage and (same-sex) partnerships are equivalent forms of unions. Therefore the Church of Sweden's central board says yes to the proposal to join the legislation for marriages and partnerships into a single law," the Church said in a statement. |
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