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The Church of England Marriage Measure 2008, No. 1 is a Church of England measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England extending the right to marry in a Church of England church to parish churches with which a person has a qualifying connection.
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The Church of England's governing body has narrowly voted to back special services to bless same-sex couples on a trial basis but, underlining deep divisions on the topic, Archbishop of Canterbury ...
Church of England priests offered officially sanctioned blessings of same-sex partnerships for the first time on Sunday, though a ban on church weddings for gay couples remains in place amid deep ...
Church of England Marriage Measure 2008; Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure 2009; Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010; Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure 2012; Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014; Church of England (Pensions) (Amendment) Measure 2015 (repealed)
In July 2024, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to support "stand-alone" services of blessing for same-sex couples after a civil partnership or marriage. [56] [57] The Church of England Archbishops' Council confirmed that: Clergy may enter into a civil partnership as this does not conflict with the church's doctrine on marriage
The Church of England will work towards drafting new pastoral guidance and other material needed to allow same-sex couples to receive blessings from priests over the next few months, it said on ...
Marriage is available in England and Wales to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples and is legally recognised in the forms of both civil and religious marriage. Marriage laws have historically evolved separately from marriage laws in other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. There is a distinction between religious marriages, conducted by an ...