Church of England will try out blessing same-sex marriages

View of St Cyriac’s Church, Lacock village, Wiltshire UK
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Gay couples will now be able to have their marriages blessed by the Church of England following a narrow vote by the denomination’s parliament. The decision hinged on one vote.

The couples won’t actually be able to be married in the church, which still teaches that marriage should be between a man and a woman only. And the decision to offer blessings is only a trial run.

While the loving couples won’t be able to be wed, they will get to wear rings, have prayers said over them, get blessed by the priest, and some confetti.

The church rejected an effort to allow priests to marry LGBTQ+ couples earlier this year, opting instead to allow blessings for people in same-sex relationships as part of a larger church service. The new change allows for the couples to be…

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