The blessing or wedding of same-sex marriages and same-sex unions is an issue about which leaders of Christian churches are in ongoing disagreement. Traditionally...

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against blessing same-sex unions, while most other churches do allow them. In 2006, the Church of Sweden allowed blessings of same-sex unions, and in 2009...

predecessor, which ruled that the Church does not have the "power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same sex", other commentators said that...

that the blessing of same-sex unions would be possible in Catholic churches in Germany. In Austria the blessing of same sex unions are allowed in at least...

churches in Germany. In Austria blessing of same sex unions is performed in two churches located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz. In 2021, the...

blessings for same-sex couples or spoken in favor of priests being able to bless them. Nevertheless, Pope Francis expressed support for civil-unions to...

recognise same-sex marriage, civil unions or other forms of partnerships, but provides some limited legal recognition to cohabiting same-sex couples in the...

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States, after the Union of Utrecht began ordaining women and blessing same-sex unions. The beliefs shared by Union of Scranton-member churches, distinguished...

In 2002, the Diocese of New Westminster, in the Anglican Church of Canada, permitted the blessing of same-sex unions. In 2003, two openly gay men in England...

status for both opposite-sex and same-sex common-law unions (parejas de hecho (pronounced [paˈɾexas ðe ˈetʃo]), "de facto unions"), while the other would...

Same-sex marriage has been legal in the Netherlands since 1 April 2001. A bill for the legalisation of same-sex marriage was passed in the House of Representatives...

ordination of women and the blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches, which have been adopted as practices by the merged church.[citation needed]...

Association of Vineyard Churches, also known as the Vineyard Movement, is an international neocharismatic evangelical Christian association of churches. The...

understood as a union only between a man and a woman. Furthermore the valid and unchanged position of our Church is that the blessing of same sex unions is rejected...

Christian denominations have a variety of beliefs about sexual orientation, including beliefs about same-sex sexual practices and asexuality. Denominations...

Catholics voted in favour of blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches. Together with the German Bishops' Conference, the Central Committee of German Catholics...

Australian Christian Churches opposes same-sex marriage, and the Presbyterian Church opposes same-sex marriage and responded to the results of the same-sex marriage...

their ordination (or ministry) being challenged. In 2011, the church approved the blessing of same-sex unions. Seven years later it allowed local congregations...

Italy has recognised same-sex civil unions (Italian: unione civile) since 5 June 2016, providing same-sex couples with all of the legal protections enjoyed...

strategies in regard to ministering to people who live in committed same-sex relationships, including the possibility of blessing such unions. The Eastern...

Regenbogen". evangelisch.de (in German). 21 June 2021. "German priests are blessing same-sex unions in direct defiance of a Vatican order". CBC News. 11...

Civil partnership in the United Kingdom is a form of civil union between couples open to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples. It was introduced...

coverage of reports on the issue, legal cases taken by Irish same-sex couples, surrogate parenthood, adoption, extra-legal same-sex unions, blessings and the...

said that the church "cannot advise the legitimizing or blessing of same-sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same-gender unions". Makgoba also...

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for blessing same-sex unions. This liturgy, called "The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant," would enable priests to bestow the church's blessing...

"Church of England votes in favour of blessings for same-sex unions". The Guardian. "Bishop of Oxford says church should marry gay couples". BBC News...