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  • 9 Oct 2009
    The Daily Mail's "Christian values"

    Not for the first time, the Daily Mail has got rather confused about Christian values.

  • 4 Aug 2009
    Change in law needed after Quaker marriage decision

    The religion and society think-tank Ekklesia is proposing a new legal framework which can accommodate same-sex marriage ceremonies carried out by religious bodies.

  • 2 Aug 2009
    Affirming same-sex marriage
  • 31 Jul 2009
    Quakers show the way on same-sex marriage

    The Quakers have become the first major denomination in Britain to endorse same-sex marriage, putting themselves in conflict with the law. Their example is an inspiration to people in other denominations struggling for equality.

  • 31 Jul 2009
    Jubilation as Quakers endorse same-sex marriage

    Emotions ran high in York this morning as Quakers agreed to carry out same-sex marriages on the same basis as marriages for opposite-sex couples. The decision came after an intense week of debate and reflection at British Quakers' Yearly Meeting.

  • 31 Jul 2009
    Quakers on brink of decision on same-sex marriage

    Britain's Quakers appear to be on the brink of a decision to put same-sex and heterosexual marriage on an equal footing. This morning will see the final stage of their discussions on the issue at their Yearly Meeting in York.

  • 26 Jul 2009
    C of E seeks to woo weddings back to church

    Keen to combat the overall decline both in church weddings and its own cultural influence as an institution, the Church of England is re-emphasising its more relaxed wedding guidelines.

  • 21 Jul 2009
    Marriage and its enemy-like friends

    Some hardline pressure groups within the church are sucking mar­riage into a narrow religious ghetto, associating it with suburban 1950s curtain-twitching, thus making it even less popular than it is now, says Giles Fraser.

  • 16 Jul 2009
    US Episcopalians vote to allow bishops in same-sex relationships

    In a historic and controversial move, the Episcopal Church in the USA, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has voted to remove the bar on priests in monogamous same-sex relationships from becoming bishops.

  • 11 Apr 2009
    Church hails Iowa court decision affirming same-sex marriage

    United Church of Christ leaders in the USA have hailed a unanimous decision by the Iowa Supreme Court to reject the state's ban on same-gender marriage as unconstitutional