Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Eye Recommend - National Cathedral to Wed Same-sex Couples

NATIONAL CATHEDRAL TO WED SAME-SEX COUPLES, by Ben Brumfeld
http://us.cnn.com/2013/01/09/us/us-same-sex-weddings/index.html?hpt=hp_t3



This makes me so happy!!!!!!

The Washington National Cathedral is "an active house of worship in the Episcopalian Church, said the Cathedral's dean, Gary Hall.  The denomination has developed a blessing rite that mirrors current wedding ceremonies for heterosexual couples and allows each bishop to decide to allow same-sex marriages in their churches or not.

Bishop Mariann Budde decided to allow the rite, since same-sex marriage is legal in the District of Columbia and now in neighboring Maryland as well, Hall said.

It was Budde's decision that led Hall to create the same-sex rite.

He sees it as 'another historic step toward greater equality'."

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