Articles about Religious Marriage

17 April 2013
Liturgy for same-sex blessings published by Church of Scotland 5 For the first time in its 450-year history, the Church of Scotland has published a liturgy – a formal ritual – for the blessing of those in civil partnerships.
28 December 2012
Comment: BBC News was biased against same-sex marriage over Christmas 77 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, David Mason says the BBC News' coverage of equal marriage was not balanced over the festive period with opponents being given excessive airtime.
24 December 2012
250 Rabbis, pastors and bishops call on Illinois to make same-sex marriage legal 14 A group of 250 rabbis, pastors, bishops and other leaders representing liberal and reform Christian and Jewish groups have called on the state of Illinois to pass the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act that would make same-sex marriage legal.
14 December 2012
Church of England: We weren’t consulted over the government’s same-sex marriage ban 51 The Church of England says it only learnt of the government’s plan to ban it from performing same-sex marriages when Culture Secretary Maria Miller took to the Commons despatch box on Tuesday.
15 November 2012
Comment: Lobby Maria Miller so we can have full marriage equality 14 Peter Tatchell says now is the time to email the Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities Maria Miller, in order to ensure the LGBT community can secure complete marriage equality.
2 October 2012
Rupert Everett: Why do ‘queens’ want to go and get married in churches? 169 Rupert Everett has told the Guardian – in another substantial rant – that he remains mystified on why same-sex couples would like to have religious marriage ceremonies.
27 September 2012
UK: Labour to make equal marriage a whipped vote 30 PinkNews.co.uk understands Labour is likely to whip its MPs when it comes to supporting the government’s policy of equal civil marriage rights for gay couples.
13 June 2012
Possibility of gay religious weddings welcomed 15 The possibility of gay couples being allowed to marry in religious weddings has been welcomed following prisons minister Crispin Blunt's suggestion that a blanket bar could be 'problematic legally' and support for religious ceremonies by David Cameron's Parliamentary private secretary.
24 October 2011
Christian housing manager demoted for Facebook comments on gay marriage 179 A Christian housing manager has been demoted for questioning gay religious marriage on his Facebook page.
19 September 2011
Unitarian church disappointed by ‘discriminatory’ gay marriage plans 33 The chief officer of the British Unitarian Church says he is disappointed by the announcement of a government consultation on gay marriage.
19 September 2011
Peter Tatchell: The equal marriage consultation is not good enough 68 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says the consultation on marriage equality is not good enough - and not even necessary.

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