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<\/p>\nChurch of Scotland is Drafting New Laws Allowing Ministers to Conduct Same-Sex Marriages<\/b>
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A lengthy process has begun which may ultimately lead to gay<\/a> people being able to be married by ministers in the Church of Scotland.<\/p>\n The Guardian reports that the general assembly passed a motion 345 to 170 to begin drafting the new rules<\/a>:<\/p>\n The legal questions committee now has two years before it has to report back, with a final poll expected in 2021.<\/p>\n Speaking before the vote, the Rev Tom Gordon said: \u201cI have two daughters, both of whom are married. I have one gay<\/a> daughter in a same-sex<\/a> marriage. When my older daughter got married she had a choice \u2013 to ask me to conduct her service as a minister or for me to walk her down the aisle as her dad. But when my younger daughter got married, she had no such choice.<\/p>\n \u201cGive people a choice: allow their marriage to be conducted by a minister. With God\u2019s blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n The motion passed \u201coutlines that the legislation would allow ministers who wished to perform same-sex<\/a> marriages to do so. It also sets out that the draft law should provide safeguards for those who did not wish to.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Church of Scotland is Drafting New Laws Allowing Ministers to Conduct Same-Sex Marriages<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n