This week the 2022 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, same-sex marriage within the church was approved by 274 votes to 136. While no person would be required to be involved in marrying a same-sex couple if they don’t want to, the church law has now been changed to enable church ministers and deacons to authorised celebrants to conduct same-sex weddings. Reverend Craig Dobney told the Evening Standard: “I’ve seen the heartbreak of those in same-sex relationships in our congregations who are unable to marry in their home church, devout Christians though they are. To be married, in front of their church families, would mean everything to them but they were not able to do so.” Same-sex marriage in Scotland has been legal since December 2014, as it has in the rest of Great Britain, however weddings by the Church of Scotland have not been allowed until now. Politicians, church leaders, and the LGBTQ+ community in Scotland praised the church for this step, with Ruth Davidson, former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party and an openly gay woman, saying she was “delighted” by the decision. Former Scottish Labor leader Kezia Dugdale, added that the decision was “tremendous news and progress.”
LGBTQ+ History Made As Church Of Scotland Approves Same-Sex Marriage
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