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Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 02, 2015 01:17pm |
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| Author | BRADY McCOMBS and RACHEL ZOLL |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, July 2, 2015 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Episcopalians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, solidifying the church's embrace of gay rights that began more than a decade ago with the pioneering election of the first openly gay bishop.
The vote came in Salt Lake City at the Episcopal General Convention, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. It passed in the House of Deputies, the voting body of clergy and lay participants at the meeting. The House of Bishops had approved the resolution Tuesday by 129-26 with five abstaining.
The Episcopal Church joins two other mainline Protestant groups that allowed gay marriage in all their congregations: the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The 3.8-million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lets its congregations decide for themselves, and many of them host gay weddings. |
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