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Related: About this forumScottish Episcopal Church votes to back same-sex marriage (religious good news)
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"The Scottish Episcopal Church has voted to back same-sex marriage, making it the first Anglican church in the UK to do so. The vote, described as a "momentous step" by the head of the church, means gay Christians from any Anglican Church can now ask to be married in a Scottish Anglican Church."
To read more:
http://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/scottish-church-same-sex-marriage-support-vote-episcopal-a7779691.html
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Scottish Episcopal Church votes to back same-sex marriage (religious good news) (Original Post)
guillaumeb
Jun 2017
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trotsky
(49,533 posts)1. Duplicate thread.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. Different sources commenting on the same topic.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)3. OK, can't blame you.
Not enough good religious news to start threads about, apparently.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. I suspect that if the Anglican communion splits, the Scots will go with the Episcopal Church and oth
liberal members.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)5. The tide is turning.
Too slowly, but it is turning. And there is a reaction to this from the most conservative among believers.