Episcopal Clergy Permitted to Wed Gay Couples in D.C.

Fri, Mar. 05 2010
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter

Episcopal clergy in Washington, D.C. have been given the green light to preside at same-sex marriages.

Bishop John Bryson Chane of the Diocese of Washington made the announcement Thursday, a day after gay and lesbian couples began applying for marriage licenses.

"Through the grace of Holy Baptism, there are no second class members of the Body of Christ, " Chane said in a statement. "We are of equal value in the eyes of God, and any one of us may be called by the Holy Spirit into holy relationships as well as Holy Orders." the rest